| NOUN | communication | face-off, confrontation, encounter, showdown | a hostile disagreement face-to-face |
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| act | face-off | (ice hockey) the method of starting play |
| Meaning | A hostile disagreement face-to-face. | |
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| Synonyms | confrontation, encounter, showdown | |
| Broader | disagreement | The speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing |
| Spanish | cara a cara, conflicto, confrontación, encontronazo, encuentro, enfrentamiento, pugna | |
| Catalan | conflicte, confrontació, enfrontament, topada | |
| Meaning | (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players. | |
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| Category | ice hockey, hockey, hockey game | A game / game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks |
| Part of | ice hockey, hockey, hockey game | A game / game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks |
| Broader | beginning, start, commencement | The act of starting something |
| Verbs | face off | start a game / game / game by a face-off |
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