A meeting face to face; a meeting (of adversaries or opposing forces) in conflict; hence, a battle, skirmish, duel, etc.

Encounter, hostile meeting, opposition.

A forcible rush, a hostile collision or encounter; in later use, chiefly a short but smart encounter.

the act of recountering someone or something; an instance of this, esp. a (hostile) encounter.

A meeting, esp. a hostile one; an encounter. Cf. rencounter, n.

The action of encounter, v.

An encounter or confrontation, esp. a hostile one. Cf. rencounter, n. 1. Now archaic and rare.

= re-encounter, n. 1.

In later use more fully passage of (also at) arms. An exchange of blows between two combatants; a duel, a fight. Also figurative: a verbal…

Hostile encounter; = congress, n. 3. Obsolete.

The act of facing or confronting; a face-to-face encounter; an affront.

An encounter or confrontation between parties; esp. a military, diplomatic, or political exchange between states, factions, etc. Chiefly in plural…

Shock of conflict, collision, hostile encounter, conflict.

An encounter in opposition or combat. Obsolete.

spec. Joining in fight, hostile encounter. rare.

Originally U.S. colloquial. A conflict or contest (between two adversaries) at close quarters; a confrontation. Later also more generally: any…

An argument, a confrontation; = go-round, n. 3.

Any confrontation, contest, or duel (literal and figurative); (Bullfighting) a corrida in which two matadors compete in turn against two or more…

Chiefly North American. A contest or confrontation. Cf. face, v. 6b.

an exchange of spiteful or malicious comments (cf. sense 9b); (also) a relationship or interaction characterized by hostility or conflict.