Face and Rival

Face

Face verb - To enter into contest or conflict with.

Usage example: the Boston Red Sox were eager to face their traditional rivals, the Yankees, in the play-offs

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Rival and face are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rival" instead a verb "Face".

Nearby Words: faced, facing, facer, faceless

Rival verb - To engage in a contest.

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Face and rival are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Face" instead a verb "Rival".

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

old	old face	old rival
good	good face	good rival
female	female face	female rival
original	original face	original rival
Other adjectives: handsome, true, dead, actual, real, big, serious, dark, main, new, red.

He might be jovial with conducting with fellow rival pirates and Marines, but you dare to nab/kill ANY of his crew, you'll be at best hoping he and you never come face to face, or at worst, you won't even have any time to make yourself a makeshift tombstone.

Source: You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry
Yuda, a narcissistic Nanto stylist and Rei's biggest rival, similarly goes berserk when his face gets some minor cuts.

Source: Minor Injury Overreaction
Dungeon Keeper 2 gives you an ongoing rival keeper named Nemesis, who commands all of the other rival keepers you face.

Source: Evil Versus Evil / Video Games

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