encounter

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1. come upon, meet, accost, confront, face, come into contact, cross one's path; run into, Inf. bump into, fall across, run across; happen upon, chance upon, stumble upon, light upon, hit upon; come face to face with, front, stand in front of, stand facing.

2. meet with, experience, suffer, endure, undergo, bear; brave, brook, meet head on, come to grips with, tackle; befall, be one's lot, happen to.

3. contend, confront, clash, conflict with, skirmish, struggle; engage, meet, join, face; battle, do battle, war, make war, wage war; grapple, wrestle, spar, box, fight; tussle, scuffle, brawl, duel, shoot it out with, feud.

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4. meeting, joining, junction, coming together, confrontation, facing; presentation, introduction, greeting, salutation.

5. combat, battle, skirmish, conflict; fight, contest, duel, bout, feud, Sl. scrap, joust, tilt; clash, contention, struggle, war; scuffle, tussle, brawl, fray, affray; broil, melee, fracas, Inf. run-in, Inf. set-to, Inf. mix-up; collision, engagement, rencounter, rencontre, Fr. rencontre.