[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

showdown
     n : a hostile disagreement face-to-face syn: confrontation, encounter,
          face-off
see also:
confrontation encounter face-off 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

30 moby thesaurus words for "showdown":
   antagonism, antipathy, antithesis, clashing, climax, collision,
   conflict, confrontation, contradiction, contradistinction,
   contraindication, contraposition, contrariety, contrast,
   counterposition, cross-purposes, disagreement, discrepancy,
   hostility, inconsistency, inimicalness, moment of truth,
   oppositeness, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy,
   perversity, polarity, repugnance

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