[ US /ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/ ]
[ UK /dˌɪsə‍ʊbˈe‍ɪ/ ]
VERB
  1. refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
    He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired
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How To Use disobey In A Sentence

  • I support a troop's right to disobey his or her commanding officer, to desert, to subvert the system that enslaves him.
  • She never disobeyed laws or rules for her own ill-gotten gains, it was just that she was good at it, and it was fun.
  • The soldier disobeyed an order.
  • An underground current in the U.S. military's officer corps believes that their legally elected civilian leaders can be disobeyed if an officer believes their orders to be "immoral. Robert Mackey: Politicizing the "Managers of Violence"
  • He's quite bloodthirsty, killing anyone who disobeys him and gets in his way.
  • We drew our battle-axes at the same instant, and rushed at each other, but before either had an opportunity to strike, the pipe was thrust between us, compelling us to desist, to disobey which is instant death. The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
  • Rogers was dismissed from the army for deliberately disobeying an order.
  • Her pupils often got the rough edge of her tongue when they disobeyed her.
  • rm line with him, punish him for disobeying my wishes for him. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
  • Any who takes the bread without the wine, or the wine without the bread, "unworthily" communicates, and so "is guilty of Christ's body and blood"; for he disobeys Christ's express command to partake of both. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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