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Words with the same meaning
- affront
- alight upon
- antagonize
- be antipathetic
- be inimical
- beard
- beat against
- bell the cat
- bite the bullet
- brave
- brazen
- brazen out
- bump heads
- bump into
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- come across
- come among
- come up against
- come upon
- complain
- complain loudly
- conflict
- conflict with
- confront
- confute
- contend
- contend with
- contradict
- contrapose
- contraposit
- contrast
- contravene
- counter
- counteract
- counterattack
- counterpose
- countervail
- counterwork
- cross
- dispute
- dissent
- encounter
- face
- face down
- face out
- face the music
- face up
- face up to
- fall across
- fall among
- fall foul of
- fall upon
- front
- go against
- go counter to
- interfere with
- kick against
- lie opposite
- light upon
- lock horns
- make a stand
- match
- meet
- meet boldly
- meet up with
- meet with
- militate against
- object
- offer resistance
- oppose
- oppugn
- pitch upon
- polarize
- pose against
- protest
- put in opposition
- recalcitrate
- reluct
- remonstrate
- resist
- revolt
- run across
- run against
- run counter to
- run into
- run smack into
- run the gauntlet
- run up against
- run upon
- set at defiance
- set over against
- show fight
- speak out
- speak up
- stand
- stand at bay
- stand opposed
- stand opposite
- stand up against
- stand up to
- strive against
- subtend
- swim upstream
- withstand
- work against
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