Confrontation
Confrontation noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.
Usage example: the softball rivals met in an epic confrontation on the last weekend of the summer
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Synonyms for Confrontation
War is a synonym for confrontation in conflict topic. In some cases you can use "War" instead a noun "Confrontation".
War
War noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.
Usage example: only the latest round in the never-ending class war
Confrontation is a synonym for war in conflict topic. You can use "Confrontation" instead a noun "War", if it concerns topics such as battle.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- engagement and confrontation
- engagement and war
- hostility and confrontation
- hostility and war
- action and confrontation
- action and war
- encounter and confrontation
- encounter and war
- contest and confrontation
- contest and war
- struggle and confrontation
- struggle and war
- conflict and confrontation
- conflict and war
How words are described
| brief | brief confrontation | brief war |
| short | short confrontation | short war |
| original | original confrontation | original war |
| brutal | brutal confrontation | brutal war |
| Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, violent, big, little, personal, new, major, bloody, epic, inevitable, next, impending, last, coming, said, previous, resulting, ensuing, upcoming, three-way. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- The conflict led to a near-confrontation between the two nuclear superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, both of whom initiated massive resupply efforts to their allies during the war.
- The only noticeable difference is quite late - the assassination of Mikhail Gorbachev meant The Great Politics Mess-Up was avoided and a US-Soviet confrontation and war scare over Lebanon leads to both sides sending separate manned missions to Minerva in 1990.
Source: Never Was This Universe - The Reynard Cycle: Tybalt's men rape and torture prisoners of war in the second chapter of Defender of the Crown, leading to a confrontation between Tybalt and Isengrim.
Source: Obligatory War Crime Scene
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