confrontation

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Shen Dingli, director of the Center of American Studies at Shanghai's Fudan University, said the confrontation was a message not only to the U.S., but also to other countries with whom it has territorial disputes.

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  1. noun The act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face.
  2. noun A conflict involving armed forces: a nuclear confrontation.
  3. noun Discord or a clash of opinions and ideas: an age of ideological confrontation.
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  • "The pleasure of this confrontation is to be anticipated and savored, General." —  Mary Balogh - Beyond the Sunrise
  • What comes after this confrontation will be as important as the battle itself. —  VoiceoftheGods
  • Overshadowing their confrontation was the specter of 2006, when a similar dispute interrupted gas shipments to many European countries for three days. —  Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
  • Even if both sides in the current Gaza conflict insist that their confrontation is at the center of the world, in reality it isn't anymore. —  PA Pundits - International
  • As any of you who know me understand, engaging in a confrontation is absolutely not my style. —  Sierra Sun - Top Stories
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encounter ·  conflict ·  collision ·  clash ·  catastrophe ·  upheaval ·  duel ·  crisis ·  breakdown ·  demise ·  engagement ·  misunderstanding

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confrontation:   confrontations
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  1. = French confrontation = Provencal confrontatio = Spanish confrontation = Portuguese confrontação = Italian confrontazione, from Middle Latin confrontatio(n-), from confrontare, past participle confrontatus, assign limits to, confrontari, be contiguous to: see confront, v.
 

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