- a chance meeting with person or thing - Are faced with - Confrontation results from decapitating hen on serving ledge - Meet - Meet unexpectedly - To come against face to face; to meet; to confront,
either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in
opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to
oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two
armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to
encounter strong evidence of a truth. - To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet,
esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies
encountered at Waterloo.
- To meet unexpectedly; to encounter. - To attack hand to hand. - To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile
manner; to come in collision; to skirmish. - A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision;
especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or
engagement. - A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight
without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties.