showdown

noun

Definition of showdownnext
as in confrontation

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Recent Examples of showdown Charles De Ketelaere’s first-half brace and second-half goals from Hans Vanaken and Romelu Lukaku set up a quarterfinal showdown between Belgium and Spain at SoFi Stadium. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 And instead of cutting to a big showdown scene between Joaquin/Kino (Juan Pablo Raba) and Rob-Will, the camera stays in Oreana’s perspective. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026 Now, on to the safety car restart showdown that never happened, and hurt Hamilton. — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 7 July 2026 Ahead of the Sunday showdown, England fans were anxious about coming to Mexico. — Albert Samaha, Washington Post, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for showdown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for showdown
  1. confrontation
  2. duel
  3. rivalry
  4. war
  5. battle
  6. competition
  7. face-off
  8. warfare
Noun
  • Multiple replay challenges, a pivotal plate tag and a brief benches-clearing confrontation highlighted the drama as the Dodgers became the first team to 60 wins.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The prosecutor argued that Styles’ death was more than a confrontation.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of confrontation
Noun
  • Gabriel and Haaland are key men for their countries, too; whoever shades their personal duel will have a great chance of finishing on the winning team.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • As with many Latin American and African teams, Paraguay defend deep and are extremely physical in duels and aerial battles.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
Definition of duel
Noun
  • The Pride and Angel City have established a fierce rivalry in their short history.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
  • Spain and Portugal renew their historic rivalry, with Lamine Yamal and Cristiano Ronaldo in contrasting lights.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of rivalry
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  • And components like steel, aluminium and copper coming from other parts of the globe recently were impacted by the Iran war.
    — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • As Trump confronts Iran war tensions at the NATO summit in Turkey, he is also set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is expected to press for more sanctions on Russia and speedier access to American defense systems.
    — Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Definition of war
Noun
  • True, nothing so grand as a massive dragon and naval battle took place, but seeing Rhaenyra start to change into someone almost unrecognizable from her younger, more innocent self was compelling in a deeper way.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • There have been naval battles and beheadings and aerial battles and, well, more beheadings.
    — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 6 July 2026
Definition of battle
Noun
  • There are more moments to come, with SoFi Stadium slated to host Super Bowl LXI in February and then, in 2028, to stage the Olympic Opening Ceremony and the Olympic swimming competition.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • He was appointed for that competition’s 2022 final, having taken charge of the Europa League final a year earlier.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of competition
Noun
  • In this unofficial but unavoidable national holiday face-off between two people who have been public in their dislike for each other, Swift gets to fire the first shot.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • Some fans embraced the face-off, such as Yaritza Barre, who is Ecuadorian with a Mexican husband.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of face-off
Noun
  • Both Russian and Ukrainian forces employ thousands of drones for reconnaissance, strike missions, electronic warfare, and logistics.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
  • Italy and Poland cracked down on alleged spying by Russia, moves that come as analysts warned that the Kremlin may be looking to expand its use of hybrid warfare as its battlefield efforts in Ukraine stall.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of warfare

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