"spark confrontation" is a grammatically correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It means to initiate or incite a conflict or argument. Example: The politician's controversial statement sparked confrontation among the crowd at the rally.
Sparking confrontation over important issues such as the South China Sea is worth it, but raising disputes over places like Cambodia is not.
Subsequent disturbances in Bradford occurred after the National Front announced plans to march in the city, sparking confrontations between local Pakistani youth and white extremists.
"Personal space is a major component in sparking confrontations between passengers," wrote Waynetta Keeling, a Texas resident who has been a flight attendant for 33 years.
He later said he did not want to spark a confrontation.
Obama did not spark this confrontation; Putin did so single-handedly.
The position requires Senate confirmation, which could spark a confrontation with Republicans over the administration's economic policies.
By Jon Finer, Rob Malley, and Jeff Prescott September 1, 2017 A small group of "Never Trump" conservatives could help slow Trump's drive to spark a confrontation with Iran.
Media commentator Steve Hewlett says the decision looks set to spark major confrontation between the two sides of a complex and fractious argument.
Police Chief Jim Collier described the protesters as mostly youths who set out to spark a confrontation with the klan demonstrators.
One former Sunni insurgent said in late February that the goal of Islamists was to spark violent confrontation with the government and create their own self-ruled territory even if a few thousand people died, because that was better than living under the yoke of an oppressive Shiite government in Baghdad that would arrest and humiliate them.
