confrontation
noun
[ ˌkɒnfrʌnˈteɪʃn ]
• a hostile or argumentative situation or meeting between opposing parties.
• "a confrontation with the legislature"
Similar:
conflict,
clash,
brush,
fight,
battle,
contest,
encounter,
head-to-head,
face-off,
engagement,
tangle,
skirmish,
collision,
meeting,
duel,
incident,
high noon,
hostilities,
fighting,
warring,
set-to,
run-in,
dust-up,
shindig,
shindy,
showdown,
afters,
rencounter,