From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdefy description/analysis/belief etcdefy description/analysis/belief etcDESCRIBEto be almost impossible to describe or understand The beauty of the scene defies description. → defy
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defy description/analysis/belief etc• His changeable features, his tones, gestures and expressions seemed to defy descriptions.• Like the secret of Stradivari's varnish, this extra dimension defies analysis.• Two other women lay upon the counter a pickle-bottle and a glass vessel of a kind which altogether defies description.• It defies belief and makes you question exactly who the law is protecting here: the sick minds or their young victims?• The dam defied description; it defied belief.• His swerve was something that defied analysis; just as it defied attempts to counter it.• Yet other species exhibit variation patterns that defy analysis of the sophistication of present-day biology. 