confront
verb
con·front
kən-ˈfrənt 
confronted; confronting; confronts
1
: to face especially in challenge : oppose
confront an enemy
The mayor was confronted by a group of protesters.
2
a
: to cause to meet : bring face-to-face
confront a reader with statistics
confronted her with the evidence
b
: to meet face-to-face : encounter
confronted the possibility of failure
confronter
noun
Examples of confront in a Sentence
They confronted the invaders at the shore.
She confronted him about his smoking.
The country is reluctant to confront its violent past.
The photographs confront the viewer with images of desperate poverty.
I confronted her with the evidence.
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—David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2025
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Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The prosecution of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan has highlighted the push by President Donald Trump’ s administration to confront state and local authorities who resist his sweeping immigration crackdown.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
But she was confronted by someone who was suicidal and had recently gotten her hands on a gun.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Hatfield and 41-year-old David Vanover thought Gladwell had stole money from them and confronted him with an assault rifle outside a home on East Miami River Road, according to the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office.
—David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Confront.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confront. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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confront
verb
con·front
kən-ˈfrənt
1
: to face especially in challenge : oppose
confront an enemy
2
: to bring face-to-face : cause to meet
confronted with difficulties
confrontation
noun
ˌkän-(ˌ)frən-ˈtā-shən
Legal Definition
confront
transitive verb
con·front
kən-ˈfrənt
: to face or bring face-to-face for the purpose of challenging especially through cross-examination
the accused shall enjoy the right…to be confronted with the witnesses against him—U.S. Constitution amend. VI
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