confrontation
/ˌkɒnfrʌnˈteɪʃən/noun
- a hostile or argumentative situation or meeting between two or more opposing parties对峙; 敌对; 对抗; 冲突：
a confrontation with the legislature
与立法机构的交锋
mass noun four months of violent confrontation between government and opposition forces.政府军和反政府军之间历时四个月的暴力冲突。
词源
confrontational adjective.