showdown

showdown
/shoh"down'/, n.
1. the laying down of one's cards, face upward, in a card game, esp. poker.
2. a conclusive settlement of an issue, difference, etc., in which all resources, power, or the like, are used; decisive confrontation: An international showdown was inevitable.
[1880-85, Amer.; SHOW + DOWN1]
Syn. 2. crisis, climax, encounter, clash.

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