verb
ADVERB
▪ directly , head-on , squarely
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The new state ~ed head-on the question of national identity.
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He is willing to ~ problems directly.
▪ aggressively , angrily
▪ immediately , suddenly
▪ constantly , continually
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These texts constantly ~ the reader with their demanding claims.
PHRASES
▪ be ~ed with sth
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I was suddenly ~ed by the task of rewriting the entire book.
▪ find yourself ~ed by sth
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The demonstrators found themselves ~ed by a line of police, blocking the road.
Confront is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ challenge , ↑ dilemma , ↑ problem , ↑ task
Confront is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ challenge , ↑ dilemma , ↑ emotion , ↑ enemy , ↑ fear , ↑ prejudice , ↑ problem , ↑ racism