confront

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To deal with.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To something bring face to face with.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

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