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Definition of confrontation in English: confrontationnoun ˌkɒnfrʌnˈteɪʃnˌkɑnfrənˈteɪʃ(ə)n 1A hostile or argumentative situation or meeting between opposing parties. a confrontation with the legislature mass noun four months of violent confrontation between government and opposition forces Example sentencesExamples - The others are getting into it a bit more, the confrontations, scheming and arguments have started and we're barely a week in to the show.
- The logic of events will lead them to a confrontation with the West.
- It's supposed to give us freedom of action in a confrontation with a nuclear-armed state.
- In fact, she had been avoiding him since the confrontation with the paint stick.
- They were thought to be preparing for a confrontation with former associates who had set up a rival drugs gang.
- This new workers' organisation was forced into violent confrontation with the state.
- Yet for all its confrontation with sex, drugs and sin, this book strongly affirms the human.
- People are coming here to have a violent confrontation with the police.
- It is a grotesque confrontation with the reality of life and death.
- But, I do know that a swan is not the sort of beast you want a confrontation with.
- If he fails to do so, he runs the risk of a confrontation with the people of the State.
- The first ran out of the facility in anger after a confrontation with another female.
- I thought it wise not to engage in any further confrontation with the gentleman on the issue.
- A confrontation with a group of youths drove her to fire the weapon at the pavement near one teenager's feet.
- I had enough on my mind without having to have a confrontation with him right now.
- It would not have been fitting for him to die a martyr's death in a fiery confrontation with authority.
- This confrontation with our mortality also occurs when someone close to us dies.
- The confrontation with the court represents the first test of the new administration, analysts say.
- He could then, very easily, make the confrontation with the Centre an issue and go back to the people.
- The bank disclosed her new address, forcing her to move again in a hurry to avoid a confrontation with her husband.
Synonyms conflict, clash, brush, fight, battle, contest, encounter, head-to-head, face-off, engagement, tangle, skirmish, collision, meeting, duel, incident, high noon hostilities, fighting, warring informal set-to, run-in, dust-up, shindig, shindy, showdown British informal, Football afters archaic rencounter - 1.1 A situation where two players or sides compete to win a sporting contest.
the race promised a classic confrontation between the two top runners in the world Example sentencesExamples - He never shuns a confrontation and is an inspiration to the rest of the players
- Kerry and Cork confrontations normally generate a good degree of passion but this contest failed dismally on that score.
- The outdoor season promises more such confrontations.
- In between are stern confrontations with the scratch side Rugby Canada, Canadas East and West and United States A.
- That day, the South Africans betrayed the glorious history of one of sport's classic confrontations.
- This is shaping up to be a classic confrontation between the big server against the master returner.
- Such a pressure confrontation for a young player in his first season in England might be full of concerns.
Synonyms struggle, conflict, collision, clash, battle, fight, combat, tussle, skirmish, duel, race
Definition of confrontation in US English: confrontationnounˌkänfrənˈtāSH(ə)nˌkɑnfrənˈteɪʃ(ə)n A hostile or argumentative meeting or situation between opposing parties. a confrontation with the legislature four months of violent confrontation between government and opposition forces Example sentencesExamples - The logic of events will lead them to a confrontation with the West.
- It's supposed to give us freedom of action in a confrontation with a nuclear-armed state.
- The first ran out of the facility in anger after a confrontation with another female.
- In fact, she had been avoiding him since the confrontation with the paint stick.
- The confrontation with the court represents the first test of the new administration, analysts say.
- A confrontation with a group of youths drove her to fire the weapon at the pavement near one teenager's feet.
- This new workers' organisation was forced into violent confrontation with the state.
- The bank disclosed her new address, forcing her to move again in a hurry to avoid a confrontation with her husband.
- They were thought to be preparing for a confrontation with former associates who had set up a rival drugs gang.
- Yet for all its confrontation with sex, drugs and sin, this book strongly affirms the human.
- People are coming here to have a violent confrontation with the police.
- I had enough on my mind without having to have a confrontation with him right now.
- It would not have been fitting for him to die a martyr's death in a fiery confrontation with authority.
- This confrontation with our mortality also occurs when someone close to us dies.
- The others are getting into it a bit more, the confrontations, scheming and arguments have started and we're barely a week in to the show.
- If he fails to do so, he runs the risk of a confrontation with the people of the State.
- It is a grotesque confrontation with the reality of life and death.
- I thought it wise not to engage in any further confrontation with the gentleman on the issue.
- But, I do know that a swan is not the sort of beast you want a confrontation with.
- He could then, very easily, make the confrontation with the Centre an issue and go back to the people.
Synonyms conflict, clash, brush, fight, battle, contest, encounter, head-to-head, face-off, engagement, tangle, skirmish, collision, meeting, duel, incident, high noon
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