confront
verb
con·front
kən-ˈfrənt 
confronted; confronting; confronts
1
: to face especially in challenge : oppose
confront an enemy
The mayor was confronted by a group of protesters.
2
a
: to cause to meet : bring face-to-face
confront a reader with statistics
confronted her with the evidence
b
: to meet face-to-face : encounter
confronted the possibility of failure
confronter
noun
Synonyms
Examples of confront in a Sentence
They confronted the invaders at the shore.
She confronted him about his smoking.
The country is reluctant to confront its violent past.
The photographs confront the viewer with images of desperate poverty.
I confronted her with the evidence.
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Any significant new economic coercion could also face headwinds from Washington’s crucial Gulf allies, whose leaders now prefer to co-opt rather than confront Tehran.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
In a poignant sequence in the first book, Tara is confronted, each morning, with having to explain to Thomas what has happened, and what will occur again.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
Lyons also was there and tried to talk Gastineau out of confronting Favre and that Gastineau’s wife, Jo Ann, later returned to Favre’s table and apologized for her husband, ESPN wrote.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Any significant new economic coercion could also face headwinds from Washington’s crucial Gulf allies, whose leaders now prefer to co-opt rather than confront Tehran.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Confront.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confront. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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confront
verb
con·front
kən-ˈfrənt
1
: to face especially in challenge : oppose
confront an enemy
2
: to bring face-to-face : cause to meet
confronted with difficulties
confrontation
noun
ˌkän-(ˌ)frən-ˈtā-shən
Legal Definition
confront
transitive verb
con·front
kən-ˈfrənt
: to face or bring face-to-face for the purpose of challenging especially through cross-examination
the accused shall enjoy the right…to be confronted with the witnesses against him—U.S. Constitution amend. VI
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