ADVERB
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in direct opposition; directly
we must meet the problem head-on -
with the front foremost
the cars collided head-on
ADJECTIVE
-
characterized by direct opposition
a head-on confrontation -
meeting front to front
a head-on collision
a frontal attack
How To Use head-on In A Sentence
- Two trains collided head-on in north-eastern Germany early this morning.
- As if by magic, Guinevere looked up, and met Lancelot's gaze head-on.
- She stopped in the middle of the fast lane facing opposite traffic, and a tanker carrying diesel fuel smashed head-on into the front of her car.
- A head-on collision with a pair of black salt-stained leather boots.
- And it succeeds in treating this often delicate subject head-on but with the lightness of touch that you would expect from The Motley Fool.
- It is virtually impossible to have a head-on collision on a motorway where all the traffic is going in the same direction.
- He saw no prospect of avoiding for long a head-on collision.
- That being the situation, it was not, it is submitted, if you like, a head-on collision between witness and cross-examiner.
- Once again, I chose to confront the issue head-on.
- A husband and wife attacked a man whose car collided head-on with a vehicle carrying their relatives.
