noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ full-scale , major , serious
▪
Their demands could lead to a serious ~ with management.
▪ direct , face-to-face , head-on , outright
▪ open
▪ final
▪
The final ~ on a train is classic thriller material.
▪ bitter , bloody , heated , ugly , violent
▪ armed , military , nuclear
▪ climactic , dramatic
▪
Their climactic ~ brings the novel to a dramatic close.
▪ political
▪ physical , verbal
▪
He hoped that a physical ~ would not ensue.
… OF CONFRONTATIONS
▪ series
VERB + CONFRONTATION
▪ get into , have
▪ lead to , provoke
▪ bring sb into
▪
His actions brought him into direct ~ with the authorities.
▪ risk
▪
He would be very foolish to risk a ~ with Robert.
▪ force
▪
He probably will have little choice but to force a ~ sooner or later.
▪ avoid
CONFRONTATION + VERB
▪ arise , take place
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about , ~ over
▪
Lewis had a ~ about money with his stepfamily.
▪
She had a series of heated ~s with her parents over homework.
▪ ~ between
▪
a head-on ~ between the two governments
▪ ~ with
▪
a ~ with the police