rencounter
/rɛnˈkaʊntər/
noun
- A chance meeting or encounter, especially an unexpected one.
- Their rencounter at the library was the start of a lifelong friendship.
- The novel begins with a dramatic rencounter on a train.
- He wrote about a strange rencounter with a stranger who knew his name.
- A brief fight or conflict, especially between armed groups.
- The two armies had a sharp rencounter before the main battle.
- The soldiers described a fierce rencounter with enemy scouts.
- A minor rencounter broke out between the rival gangs in the alley.
verb
- To meet or encounter someone by chance.
- I rencountered an old classmate while shopping downtown.
- She rencountered a rare bird species during her hike.
- They rencountered each other at the same café every morning without planning it.
- To come into conflict with; to confront or oppose.
- The knight rencountered his rival in the middle of the bridge.
- The two teams rencountered fiercely in the championship game.
- Protesters rencountered the police at the city gates.
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