| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A brief, hostile exposure to or contact with something such as danger or opposition: brush2, clash, run-in, skirmish. See TOUCH. 2. A face-to-face, usually hostile meeting: confrontation, face-off. See MEET. | | VERB: | 1. To meet face-to-face, especially defiantly: accost, confront, face, front. See MEET. 2. To come up against: confront, face, meet1, run into. See MEET. 3. To enter into conflict with: engage, meet1, take on. Idioms: do (or join) battle with. See CONFLICT, MEET.
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