hostile encounter

  • 1hostile encounter — index confrontation (altercation), fight (battle) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2Encounter — En*coun ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encountered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encountering}.] [OF. encontrer; pref. en (L. in) + contre against, L. contra. See {Counter}, adv.] To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or …

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  • 3encounter — vb *meet, face, confront Analogous words: collide, conflict, clash, *bump: brave, beard, defy, challenge (see FACE) encounter n Encounter, skirmish, brush. In their military senses (compare BATTLE) an encounter is a sudden hostile meeting that is …

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  • 4Encounter — En*coun ter, n. [OF. encontre, fr. encontrer. See {Encounter}, v. t.] 1. A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview. [1913 Webster] To shun the encounter of the vulgar crowd. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A… …

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  • 5encounter — en|coun|ter1 W3 [ınˈkauntə US ər] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: encontrer, from Late Latin incontra toward ] 1.) to experience something, especially problems or opposition encounter problems/difficulties ▪ They encountered serious …

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  • 6encounter — I. verb (encountered; encountering) Etymology: Middle English encountren, from Anglo French encuntrer, from Medieval Latin incontrare, from Late Latin incontra toward, from Latin in + contra against more at counter Date: 14th century transitive… …

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  • 7Hostile All Terrain Encounter (H.A.T.E.) — Infobox VG title= caption= H.A.T.E. Covershot developer= Vortex Software publisher= Gremlin Graphics released= C64, ZXS, ACPC 1987 Amiga, Atari ST 1989 genre= Shoot em up modes= Single player platforms= Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC,… …

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  • 8encounter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. meet, come across; engage, struggle, contend. n. meeting, interview; collision, combat, battle, skirmish, brush, engagement. See contention, impulse, opposition, occurrence, contact. II (Roget s… …

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  • 9encounter — 1. verb a) To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly. b) To confront (someone or something), notably face to face. 2. noun a) …

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  • 10re-encounter — 1. noun a) A second or subsequent encounter b) A hostile encounter 2. verb a) To encounter again b) To encounter in a hostile manner …

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