Defiance may refer to:
Film, television and theatre
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''Defiance'' (1952 film), a Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander
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''Defiance'' (1980 film), an American crime drama starring Jan-Michael Vincent
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''Defiance'' (2002 film), a western starring
Brandon Bollig
Brandon D. Bollig (born January 31, 1987) is an American former professional ice hockey player. An undrafted player, Bollig signed with the Chicago Blackhawks organization in 2010 after playing college hockey for St. Lawrence University. He made ...
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''Defiance'' (2008 film), an American World War II film starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber
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''Defiance'' (TV series), a science fiction TV series
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''Defiance'' (play), a 2005 play by John Patrick Shanley
* HMAS ''Defiance'', a fictional Australian warship in the TV series ''
Patrol Boat
A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, border security, or law enforcement. There are many designs for patrol boats, and the ...
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Games
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''Defiance'' (video game), a 2013 tie-in with the TV series ''Defiance''
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''Defiance'' (1997 video game), a first-person shooter for Windows
* ''Defiance'', an expansion campaign for the computer game ''
Independence War''
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Legacy of Kain: Defiance'', a 2003 video game
Literature
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''Defiance'' (book), a 1951 memoir by Savitri Devi
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''Defiance'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Don Brown
* ''Defiance'', a novel by
Kenneth Bulmer
Henry Kenneth Bulmer (14 January 1921 – 16 December 2005) was a British author, primarily of science fiction.
Life
Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and they divorced in 1981. B ...
* ''Defiance: The Bielski Partisans'', a book by
Nechama Tec
Nechama Tec (née Bawnik) (born 15 May 1931) is a Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. She received her Ph.D. in sociology at Columbia University, where she studied and worked with the sociologist Daniel Bell, and ...
; basis for the 2008 film (see above)
Music
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Defiance (metal band)
Defiance is an American thrash metal band from Oakland, California. They played a technical style of thrash originally evoking bands like Testament, though they would later move on to playing in their own unique, more progressive thrash style ...
, an American thrash metal band
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Defiance (punk band)
Defiance are an American anarcho street punk band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1993. Their discography includes five EPs, four albums, and one album of out of print and rare songs. They have been cited as major influences on bands such as ...
, an American street punk band
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''Defiance'' (EP), a 1994 EP by the punk band
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''Defiance'' (Assemblage 23 album), 2002
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''Defiance'' (Deströyer 666 album), 2009
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''Defiance'' (Lahannya album), 2009
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''Defiance'' (Burning Starr album), 2009
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''Defiance'' (Pro-jekt album), a 2006 album by
Pro-jekt
Pro-jekt are an English rock band who have sometimes described themselves as gothic metal, although it has been noted that they have a darkwave sound.''Metal Hammer'', issue 152 (May 2006) They formed in January 2000, in Derbyshire, England. ...
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Defiance Records
Defiance Records was a record label based in Cologne, Germany, which was the German and European distributor of several American and international post-hardcore and punk bands. The label was founded in 1994 and closed down in 2013.
Artists
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, a German record label
Maritime
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HMS ''Defiance'', nineteen ships of the British Royal Navy
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USS ''Defiance'', three ships of the U.S. Navy
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''Defiance'' (steamboat), a vessel in the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet in the early 1900s
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''Defiance'' (yacht), a participant in the 1914 America's Cup
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SS ''Empire Defiance'', a ship in the Empire series in the service of the British Government
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CSS ''Defiance'', a ship in the Confederate
River Defense Fleet
The River Defense Fleet was a set of fourteen vessels in Confederate service, intended to assist in the defense of New Orleans in the early days of the American Civil War. All were merchant ships or towboats that were seized by order of the War De ...
during the American Civil War
Places in the United States
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Defiance, Iowa
Defiance is a city in Shelby County, Iowa, United States, along the West Branch of the West Nishnabotna River. The population was 245 at the time of the 2020 census.
History
Defiance had its start in 1882 by the building of the Chicago, Milwa ...
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Defiance, Kentucky
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Defiance, Missouri
Defiance is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Saint Charles County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 159.
History
Defiance was struck hard in the Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, ...
(St. Charles county)
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Defiance, Missouri (Worth county)
Defiance was a community in Worth County, Missouri during the late 19th century.
Location
Defiance was located in Union Township on the west bank of the Platte river about 4 miles west of Isadora."The History of Gentry and Worth Counties, Missou ...
a 19th-century town
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Defiance, Ohio
Defiance is a city in and the county seat of Defiance County, Ohio, United States, about southwest of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo and northeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana, in Ohio's northwestern corner. The population was 16,494 at the 2010 United State ...
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Defiance College
Defiance College is a private college located in Defiance, Ohio and affiliated with the United Church of Christ. The campus includes eighteen buildings and access to the Thoreau Wildlife Sanctuary.
History
The college began as Defiance Female ...
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Defiance High School (Ohio)
Defiance High School (DHS) is a public high school in Defiance, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1970 and is part of the Defiance City Schools district.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
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Defiance Regional Medical Center
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Defiance County, Ohio
Defiance County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,286. Its county seat is Defiance. The county was named after an early Army fortification, Fort Defiance, which was so named by Mad An ...
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Defiance Township, Defiance County, Ohio
Defiance Township is one of the twelve civil township, townships of Defiance County, Ohio, Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 United States Census, 2010 census found 13,178 people in the township, 11,386 of whom lived in the city of De ...
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Defiance, Pennsylvania
Defiance is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Broad Top Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Broad Top Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The village was home to 196 residents, ...
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Mount Defiance (New York)
Mount Defiance is an high hill on the New York side of Lake Champlain, in the northeastern United States. It is notable in that the hill militarily dominates both Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, but it was deemed inaccessible so never ...
, a hill in New York
Other uses
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Defiance Campaign
The Defiance Campaign against Unjust Laws was presented by the African National Congress (ANC) at a conference held in Bloemfontein, South Africa in December 1951. The Campaign had roots in events leading up the conference. The demonstrations, ...
, a 1951 anti-apartheid initiative by the African National Congress
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Defiance railway station, or Defiance Platform, a disused station on the Plymouth to Penzance Line in the UK
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Defiance Technologies, part of the Hinduja Group, a provider of IT, ERP and engineering services
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Camp Defiance
Camp Defiance was a military encampment in eastern Kansas, U.S., during 1861–1862. In December 1861, the town of Potosi, Kansas, along the Kansas-Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st ...
, a Union camp in Kansas during the American Civil War
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Defiance Cycle Company
The Defiance Cycle Company was formed in 1880 to produce bicycles in Wales. It was founded by two brothers of the Williams family, Arthur and William Williams who established the factory at the top of the Amman Valley.
They started making ordinar ...
, a cycle manufacturer formed in Wales in 1880
* Defiance Wrestling Federation, a defunct
pro wrestling
Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...
promotion
Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
* Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or i ...
from 2009 to 2010
* DEFIANCE Wrestling, a similarly named and currently active pro wrestling promotion
See also
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Fort Defiance (disambiguation) Fort Defiance may refer to:
;Canada
*Fort Defiance (British Columbia), winter quarters for American Captain Robert Gray
;United States
* Fort Defiance, Arizona, an unincorporated community
* Fort Defiance (California), formerly Roop's Fort, locate ...
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Point Defiance (disambiguation)
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Defiant (disambiguation)
Defiant may refer to:
In the Star Trek universe
* Defiant (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), ''Defiant'' (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), an episode of the series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
* USS Defiant, USS ''Defiant'', a starship in ''Star Trek: ...
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Defy (disambiguation)
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