All fly in the face of synonyms

verb fly in the face of

• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
• withstand — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
• defy — If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
• go through — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• confront — If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
• try — to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
• claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
• impose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
• denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
• assert — If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
• demand — If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
• test — Zoology. the hard, protective shell or covering of certain invertebrates, as echinoderms or tunicates.
• require — to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
• call for — If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere.
• ask for — to try to obtain by requesting
• contravene — To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
• counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
• differ — to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
• belie — If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
• disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
• negate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
• respond — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• foil — to cover or back with foil.
• offset — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
• retaliate — to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
• ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
• contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• demur — If you demur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do.
• invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
• reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
• neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
• void — Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
• undo — to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• nullify — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
• vitiate — to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
• rebut — to refute by evidence or argument.
• annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
• cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• fight — a battle or combat.
• assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
• debate — A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.