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con‧fron‧ta‧tion /ˌkɒnfrənˈteɪʃən $ ˌkɑːn-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
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Synonyms & Related Wordsconfrontation[noun]Synonyms: conflict, contest, encounter, fight, head-to-head, set-to
(informal), showdown
(informal) [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarycon‧fron‧ta‧tion /ˌkɒnfrənˈteɪʃ
ən $ ˌkɑːn-/
noun [uncountable and countable]1. a situation in which there is a lot of angry disagreement between two people or groups:
She had stayed in her room to avoid another confrontation.confrontation with/between an ideological confrontation between conservatives and liberals2. a fight or battle
military/violent/armed confrontation Japan seemed unlikely to risk military confrontation with Russia. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsconfrontation noun ADJ. full-scale, major, serious Their demands could lead to a serious confrontation with management.
direct, eyeball-to-eyeball, face-to-face, head-on, outright | open | bitter, bloody, heated, ugly, violent | armed, military | political QUANT. series VERB + CONFRONTATION have | cause, end in, lead to, provoke | bring sb into His actions brought him into direct confrontation with the authorities.
avoid CONFRONTATION + VERB arise, take place PREP. ~ between a head-on confrontation between the two governments
~ over She had a series of heated confrontations with her parents over homework.
~ with a confrontation with the police [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲