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Confrontation meaning
The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face. | A conflict between armed forces.
Synonyms of Confrontation
Example sentences (20)
She takes situations where there is no need for confrontation and turns them into a confrontation.
According to The Pittsburg Post-Gazette, Policed said that after reviewing multiple video footage of the confrontation, it was shown that a female customer initiated the confrontation inside the store that escalated outside and became violent.
So, we’re having the confrontation now, but it’s not a confrontation that they couldn’t have avoided.
Abakanowicz once said that her imposing headless statues stemmed from the “belief that art is not a decoration but a confession, confrontation, warning”.
According to police, officers pursued the suspect and again attempted to take him into custody, and another confrontation ensued before the suspect was taken into custody.
After a verbal confrontation Cyrus ran out of the store, the son of the store owner chased him … then the owner of the store followed.
After his arrest, the Police Force claimed in court that it was Mr McRae who had started the physical confrontation by first pushing Senior Constable Leo.
After the speech Santos told reporters the confrontation wasn't the first time somebody from a 'privileged background' had tried to boss him around, and vowed to never back down.
All of this together prevents Ukraine from easily explaining to the world its confrontation with imperialism.
All they know in life, is to lie, kill their own, steal what is not theirs and be confrontation.
And the confrontation of, "With this new circle of friends, I just can't make jokes about Black people anymore.
An intentional or inadvertent incident at sea could quickly escalate into a direct military confrontation, and risk shipping through the critical energy chokepoint.
Another influencer was arrested and charged with a public order offence after a confrontation with a local last week.
Arab affairs Anaylts Zvi Yehezkali called for dealing seriously with Sayyed Nasrallah’s threats, recalling the maritime confrontation with Hezbollah during which ‘Israel’ shuddered for fear of the Lebanese Resistance warnings.
As the largest NATO ally, the United States' confrontation with China during the Ukraine war is not helping the alliance.
As they had in Birmingham and Selma, they would seek change through nonviolent confrontation between those that resisted and those that demanded change.
At Barnsley, for instance, Barnes was hooked at half-time of a hotly-contested derby against Leeds in 2017 for fear he would be sent off after getting booked following a confrontation with defender Luke Ayling, who got into his head.
Back in Mexico, Lala and Scheana have a confrontation about why Lala isn’t attending all of Scheana’s wedding events.
Barrett said we’ll see the confrontation after the break.
Beijing has also been rapidly adding nuclear warheads, taking a tougher line on its claim to the South China Sea and painting a scenario of impending confrontation.