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Head-on   Listen
adjective
head-on  adj.  
1.
Characterized by direct opposition; as, a head-on confrontation.
Synonyms: head-to-head.
2.
Without evasion or compromise; as, his usual head-on fashion; to meet a problem head-on.
Synonyms: downright, flat-footed, forthright, foursquare, straightforward.
3.
Meeting front to front; used mostly of collisions between vehicles; as, a head-on automobile collision.
Synonyms: frontal.





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"Head-on" Quotes from Famous Books



... met his sterner mood in a head-on collision, so that for a moment the impulsive speech failed him. She ...
— The Leopard Woman • Stewart Edward White et al
... charged out of the fog, sighted them lying up among the rocks, and leaped after them. Penrun jerked up a pistol with trembling fingers and loosed its deadly ray. The huge spider stumbled and ploughed head-on among the rocks with a flurry of legs. It rose loggily, for its fierce energy was dwindling rapidly in the biting cold. Again the pistol crackled. The gigantic insect toppled over and rolled down the mountainside ...
— Loot of the Void • Edwin K. Sloat
... The other, standing nearly head-on toward the hunters, had not proved so good a mark, and though every spear struck not one entered the great heart. For a moment the huge bull stood trumpeting in rage and pain, casting about with its little eyes for the author of its hurt. The blacks had faded into the jungle before the weak eyes ...
— The Return of Tarzan • Edgar Rice Burroughs
... and it was rather more than she bargained for since the sea cow, in an effort to get rid of the rope that was twisted about its flipper, turned about with a swirl in the water, not unlike that made by the propeller of a motor boat, and came head-on for the craft ...
— The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms - Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida • Laura Lee Hope
... when Jack returned, Tiger avoided him, keeping to himself the rest of the evening. And later, as he tried to get to sleep, Dal wondered for a moment. Maybe Tiger was right. Maybe he was just dodging a head-on clash with the Blue Doctor now and setting the stage for ...
— Star Surgeon • Alan Nourse


Words linked to "Head-on" :   frontal, front


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