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Meanings of confrontation in English
Synonyms
Examples for "encounter"
Examples for "encounter"
1
Although the actual encounter must have taken place thousands of years ago.
2
Here we encounter a new problem: what do they mean by toxin?
3
There was enormous enthusiasm and excitement at this new encounter with Europe.
4
Whatever problems we encounter, we will ask God to help us with.
5
Consulates in Jerusalem, Israel's declared but disputed capital, rarely encounter political violence.
1
A showdown vote on calling witnesses could loom later in the week.
2
The inevitable showdown takes place but barely limps past the finish line.
3
The showdown comes at a time of heightened political tension in Russia.
4
North Carolina edged Louisville by a point in an early ACC showdown.
5
A lower court ruled against Janus, setting up the Supreme Court showdown.
1
Allred added that she would even face-off with her daughter in court.
2
The 1960 Kennedy-Nixon face-off served to demonstrate the importance of visual performance.
3
I wanted my ducks in perfect formation for tomorrow's face-off with Hubert.
4
The betting is that the contest boils down to a Bigelow-Cameron face-off.
5
Instead, in the final face-off, the villain starts talking about Henrietta Lacks.
Usage of confrontation in English
1
The new law takes confrontation behind the scenes, out of public view.
2
Palestinian officials said 10 Palestinians were injured in the confrontation, none seriously.
3
But the House vote would help set up a confrontation with Bush.
4
The best way to approach this is directly but without any confrontation.
5
The right approach here is one of cooperation not confrontation, he said.
6
Neither can she afford an open confrontation that might damage German interests.
7
Even today, however, a Washington-Moscow confrontation could devastate the entire northern hemisphere.
8
That uncertainty, however, risks opening the door to ever more dangerous confrontation.
9
Isolation and confrontation is not what we want, said one EU official.
10
In seconds, the situation escalated into the largest confrontation I'd ever witnessed.
11
The final confrontation between Roland and Walter occurs near the Western Sea.
12
The violent confrontation saw a police vehicle overturned and court property damaged.
13
Smiles to the public but a new military confrontation in the offing?
14
The confrontation with residents was short, Elber said, and most left voluntarily.
15
Five people were detained for having a possible role in the confrontation.
16
Guterres said the world cannot afford a major confrontation in the Gulf.
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Translations for confrontation
Portuguese
Confrontation through the time
Confrontation across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
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