Dictionary Definition
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English
Noun
Translations
The final battle between two nemeses, in which
there can be but one victor
- Finnish: välienselvittely
- Russian: финальный поединок , решающая схватка
Extensive Definition
A showdown generally refers to the final battle
between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor, but may
also refer to:
- Showdown (poker), the final round in a Poker match
- Showdown (AFL), a derby match in the Australian Football League
- Showdown Ski Area in Montana, United States
- Showdown (novel), a novel by actor Errol Flynn
- Showdown (2006 novel), a novel by Ted Dekker
- The Showdown, the final level in Sonic Spinball
Music
- "Showdown" (Electric Light Orchestra song), a 1973 hit single
- Showdown (album), a 1974 compilation album by Electric Light Orchestra
- "Showdown", a Blues album by Albert Collins, Robert Cray, and Johnny Copeland
- The Showdown (band), a Metal band
- "Showdown" (Cheri Dennis song)
- "Showdown", a song by Britney Spears from the album In the Zone
- "Showdown", a song by Boy Kill Boy's from the album Civilian
- "The Showdown", a b-side on Dr. Dre's Forgot about Dre single. It features Eminem as Dre's fellow gunslinger
Television
- "Showdown" (The Adventures of Batman & Robin), an episode of Batman: The Animated Series
- "Showdown" (How I Met Your Mother episode)
- "The Showdown" (The O.C. episode)
- Showdown, a 1966 game show made by Heatter-Quigley Productions for NBC, hosted by Joe Pyne
- The Big Showdown, a US game show in the 1970s
Films
- The Showdown, a 1940 Hopalong Cassidy film
- The Showdown, a 1950 film starring Marie Windsor
- Showdown, a 1973 film starring Dean Martin
- Showdown in Little Tokyo, a 1991 film starring Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee
- Top of the World, a 1997 film also known as Showdown
- Showdown, a 2000 film directed by Izu Ojukwu
showdown in German: Showdown
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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