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head-on

adjective as in direct

adverb as in bang

Strongest match

Strong match

adverb as in headfirst

Strongest matches

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But he did not shy away from tackling Fox News’ culture war questions head-on.

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Its elongated, oval shape suggests the asteroid hit at an angle rather than head-on.

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Hartwig, who grew up in the Golden State, hopes Arbor’s technology can someday return to California to help finance the solution for the wildfire crisis he spent so many years facing head-on.

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We know that we’re all going to die, but Ryuji is the character that really intellectually takes on the question head-on and wrestles with it.

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"We are tackling this issue head-on, working with local authorities and over 150 travel industry partners to raise awareness of the dangers of methanol poisoning."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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