"That could result in physical confrontation, which you don't want."
But would they, on their own, have arrived at a point of physical confrontation?
She had yet to win a physical confrontation with anyone, anyway.
The big thing is the physical confrontation where people beat each other up.
The two on their feet were going to engage in a physical confrontation.
He said that "to avoid a physical confrontation I have asked the board not to go in."
"That shook me more than the threat of a physical confrontation."
They start to argue and get into a physical confrontation.
She is much more comfortable with physical rather than emotional confrontation.
He would be no match for it in a physical confrontation.