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Confrontation

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Noun

1. confrontation

a bold challenge

2. confrontation

discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions

3. confrontation, encounter, face-off, showdown

a hostile disagreement face-to-face

4. confrontation, opposition

the act of hostile groups opposing each other

Example Sentences:
'the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions'
'the invaders encountered stiff opposition'

5. confrontation

a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Confrontation

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noun
1. 
the act or an instance of confronting
2. 
a situation of mutual hostility between two powers or nations without open warfare
3. 
a state of conflict between two antagonistic forces, creeds, or ideas etc

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Confrontation

see synonyms of confrontation
n.
1. The act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face.
2.
a. A conflict involving armed forces: a nuclear confrontation.
b. Discord or a clash of opinions and ideas: an age of ideological confrontation.
3. A focused comparison: an essay that brought elements of biography, autobiography, and general European history into powerful, meaningful confrontation.

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