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enfrentamento
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confrontación
A hostile disagreement face-to-face.
encounter
confrontation
showdown
Portuguese
enfrentamento
Method used to begin play in ice hockey and some other sports.
ice hockey rules
Synonyms
Examples for "
encounter
"
encounter
confrontation
showdown
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
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.
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.
6
Interestingly though, the tactical
face
-
off
begins before a shot is even fired.
7
Now all three of them are standing in a tense, triangular
face
-
off
.
8
A risky
face
-
off
in the Baltic between Russia and NATO remains entirely plausible.
9
Thompson scored just 15 seconds later after winning the
face
-
off
at center ice.
10
Of its latest
face
-
off
,
conventional wisdom in Israel is that the Irish won.
11
One person died, probably from a heart attack, during the
face
-
off
.
12
Friday's
face
-
off
was planned as the first of three presidential debates.
13
Competing males will often battle it out with a colour-change
face
-
off
.
14
It was the last televised
face
-
off
before the Nov. 3 election.
15
I was halfway to the kennel when I heard the first rip-your-face-off snarl.
16
China swept all before them in this first big
face
-
off
of the season.
Portuguese
enfrentamento
Catalan
conflicte
topada
enfrontament
confrontació
Spanish
confrontación
cara a cara
enfrentamiento
pugna
conflicto
encuentro