Collocations for confrontation - noun

full-scale, major, serious
Their demands could lead to a serious confrontation with management.

direct, eyeball-to-eyeball, face-to-face, head-on, outright | open | bitter, bloody, heated, ugly, violent | armed, military | political

series

have | cause, end in, lead to, provoke | bring sb into
His actions brought him into direct confrontation with the authorities.

avoid

arise, take place

~ between
a head-on confrontation between the two governments

~ over
She had a series of heated confrontations with her parents over homework.

~ with
a confrontation with the police