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Encountered Definition

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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of encounter.

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Synonyms:
  • Synonyms:
  • confronted
  • faced
  • met
  • played
  • received
  • seen
  • fronted
  • accosted
  • chanced
  • bumped
  • happened
  • found
  • engaged
  • addrest
  • affronted
Antonyms:
  • Antonyms:
  • surrendered
  • yielded
  • avoided
  • retreated
  • evaded

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