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Definition of face-off in English: face-offnoun North American 1A direct confrontation between two people or groups. 〈主北美〉对峙，（直接）对抗 last night's vice presidential face-off Example sentencesExamples - Two leading national education experts will be here to debate the issue of choice in our face-off.
- Missiles are the true relics of the cold war; they have no operative military role in the absence of a face-off of the superpowers.
- After initial qualifying, the team sprint takes the form of a face-off, pitting one team against another racing on the opposite side of the track.
- Please join us tomorrow in our face-off, a hard-fought battle over the security and reliability of electronic voting.
- We'll have two professors here to debate that in our face-off tomorrow evening.
- Creatively, this adds a heightened amount of tension to the timed face-off, as a win crushes the morale of your foes, while a loss ends your game immediately.
- Congressman, I work hard to be neutral on these issues in our face-offs.
- At that point the face-off will turn on which campaign can mount the best low-budget endeavor and which candidate can thrive in an environment dominated by debates and media coverage.
- The low-profile face-off did little for either candidate.
- Instead of spreading out and confronting their neighbors in hostile face-offs, foraging sanderlings bunched together in tight little flocks.
- People may disagree about the candidates' performances, but many found the face-off to be livelier and less scripted than they expected.
- That said, in spite of a nagging sense that everyone is going through the motions, this still raises the blood pressure from time to time, particularly in the face-offs between the characters.
- The face-off between the management and employees of the company began when a new worker unknowingly opened a window in an area where a steam machine is used to dry finished textile materials.
- Tonight, a dramatic face-off is over, and it could affect the news you watch and read.
- Of course, the climax is the face-off between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader that we've been waiting for since Episode I, and it will meet every one of your expectations.
- In practice the outcome of the indirect face-off between the Government and the opposition depends solely on the will of the Chief Prosecutor.
- Now imagine that instead of a bilateral face-off, the next cold war will be a nuclear free-for-all.
- Many of you wrote about our face-off last night, debating putting a cap on medical malpractice awards.
- And which candidate has the edge going into these second rounds after last night's vice presidential face-off?
- In such a face-off, not even the teachers union would side with the board.
Synonyms conflict, clash, brush, fight, battle, contest, encounter, head-to-head, engagement, tangle, skirmish, collision, meeting, duel, incident, high noon - 1.1Ice Hockey The start of play, in which the puck is dropped by the referee between two opposing players.
〔冰球〕开球；争球 Example sentencesExamples - The match was watched by Keith Hill, who dropped the puck at the first face-off to begin the game.
- The Ottawa Senators won the face-off and passed the puck to the point man on the blue line, who slapped the puck at Hasbro.
- He's been described as a hard-nosed guy who skates well, wins face-offs, scores goals and finishes his checks.
- He said the referee had dropped the puck to start the face-off when two other opposing players had started to fight.
- Ben won the face-off and passed the puck to Nate.
Definition of face-off in US English: face-offnounˈfeɪs ˌɔfˈfās ˌôf North American 1A direct confrontation between two people or groups. 〈主北美〉对峙，（直接）对抗 a face-off for the championship title 争夺冠军头衔的对抗。 Example sentencesExamples - Please join us tomorrow in our face-off, a hard-fought battle over the security and reliability of electronic voting.
- Creatively, this adds a heightened amount of tension to the timed face-off, as a win crushes the morale of your foes, while a loss ends your game immediately.
- People may disagree about the candidates' performances, but many found the face-off to be livelier and less scripted than they expected.
- The low-profile face-off did little for either candidate.
- That said, in spite of a nagging sense that everyone is going through the motions, this still raises the blood pressure from time to time, particularly in the face-offs between the characters.
- In practice the outcome of the indirect face-off between the Government and the opposition depends solely on the will of the Chief Prosecutor.
- Instead of spreading out and confronting their neighbors in hostile face-offs, foraging sanderlings bunched together in tight little flocks.
- Now imagine that instead of a bilateral face-off, the next cold war will be a nuclear free-for-all.
- After initial qualifying, the team sprint takes the form of a face-off, pitting one team against another racing on the opposite side of the track.
- Tonight, a dramatic face-off is over, and it could affect the news you watch and read.
- Many of you wrote about our face-off last night, debating putting a cap on medical malpractice awards.
- Two leading national education experts will be here to debate the issue of choice in our face-off.
- And which candidate has the edge going into these second rounds after last night's vice presidential face-off?
- Of course, the climax is the face-off between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader that we've been waiting for since Episode I, and it will meet every one of your expectations.
- At that point the face-off will turn on which campaign can mount the best low-budget endeavor and which candidate can thrive in an environment dominated by debates and media coverage.
- We'll have two professors here to debate that in our face-off tomorrow evening.
- Congressman, I work hard to be neutral on these issues in our face-offs.
- Missiles are the true relics of the cold war; they have no operative military role in the absence of a face-off of the superpowers.
- In such a face-off, not even the teachers union would side with the board.
- The face-off between the management and employees of the company began when a new worker unknowingly opened a window in an area where a steam machine is used to dry finished textile materials.
Synonyms conflict, clash, brush, fight, battle, contest, encounter, head-to-head, engagement, tangle, skirmish, collision, meeting, duel, incident, high noon - 1.1Ice Hockey The start or a restart of play, in which the referee drops the puck between two opposing players.
〔冰球〕开球；争球 Example sentencesExamples - He said the referee had dropped the puck to start the face-off when two other opposing players had started to fight.
- Ben won the face-off and passed the puck to Nate.
- The match was watched by Keith Hill, who dropped the puck at the first face-off to begin the game.
- He's been described as a hard-nosed guy who skates well, wins face-offs, scores goals and finishes his checks.
- The Ottawa Senators won the face-off and passed the puck to the point man on the blue line, who slapped the puck at Hasbro.
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