confront
verb
[ kənˈfrʌnt ]
• come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent.
• "he confronted the robbers as they were trying to leave"
Similar:
challenge,
square up to,
oppose,
resist,
defy,
beard,
tackle,
attack,
assault,
approach,
face up to,
face,
meet,
come face to face with,
stand up to,
brave,
detain,
accost,
waylay,
take aside,
stop,
halt,
collar,
nobble,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French confronter, from medieval Latin confrontare, from Latin con- ‘with’ + frons, front- ‘face’.
