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Definition of Showdown

1. Noun. A hostile disagreement face-to-face.

Definition of Showdown

1. Noun. The final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor ¹

2. Noun. The final round in a poker match, where the all remaining players' cards have to be put down on the table and shown ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Showdown

1. an event that forces the conclusion of an issue [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Showdown

Literary usage of Showdown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Negotiating While Fighting: The Diary of Admiral C. Turner Joy at the Korean by Charles Turner Joy, Allan E. Goodman (1978)
"We then went on to discuss Item 5 and the tactics for arriving at the final "showdown." I explained what the delegation thought should be done. ..."

2. Alliance Adrift by Yoichi Funabashi (1999)
"There were also those in Japan who said that the showdown between Taiwan and ... The showdown in the Taiwan Straits made everything much more difficult. ..."

3. Aerospace Power in the Twenty-First Century: A Basic Primer by Clayton K. S. Chun (2001)
"Information Averts a Nuclear showdown: Cuba, 1962 In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union were at the brink of nuclear war over the Soviet ..."

4. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"They also gave a sobering look at the results of the unwillingness of a President to have a Constitutional showdown with Congress over his powers, ..."

5. The Troubled Birth of Russian Democracy: Parties, Personalities, and Programs by Michael McFaul, Sergei Markov (1993)
"... culminating in the March 28 showdown in combination with the crippling miners' strike, dramatically altered the balance of forces between the center ..."

6. The Sirdar: Sir Reginald Wingate and the British Empire in the Middle East by M. W. Daly (1997)
"By the end of 1892 his relations with Baring—who in March had been raised to the peerage as Lord Cromer—approached a showdown. The advent of a Liberal ..."

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