Synonyms for face-off
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1. confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-offnoun

   a hostile disagreement face-to-face

   Synonyms:
   showdown, meeting, encounter, confrontation, brush, skirmish, opposition, clash, coming upon

2. face-offverb

   (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players

   Synonyms:
   showdown, confrontation, encounter

3. face off, bully offverb

   start a game by a face-off

   Synonyms:
   bully off, face off

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1. Karen Crawford:

   I have never seen anything like it before. The squirrel had its paw raised and the bird had its beak wide open, it was like they were going to have a fight. Karen Crawford, 59, captured the face-off as the pair appeared to be having a row over a handful of nuts on a tree trunk. In the shot, the red squirrel is perched vertically on a tree stump with its paw in the air, as the bird sits on the other side with its beak wide open. (Credit: SWNS) Perhaps even more remarkable, Crawford admitted she did not even realize she took the photos until she got home. I thought wow when I got home and saw the picture and the reaction I have had to it has been really strong.

2. Mike McCarthy:

   There's a face-off between investors and traders, investors see value in the market. They are met by traders who see the market at the top of the trading range.

3. David Axelrod:

   No one is going to hand Biden the Democratic nomination. He'll have to engage fully and fight for it if he is to get the face-off with Trump he is seeking.

4. David Alessi:

   With an acid attack you essentially burn someone’s face off, you blind them, and horribly disfigure them ….

5. Myles Zyblock:

   I'm concerned that it's more of a value trapped in a value opportunity, you're seeing rip-your-face-off rallies followed by rip-your-face-off sell-offs.