altercation
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tərˈkeɪ noun
a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy.
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| an angry or heated discussion or quarrel; argument | |
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Word Origin & History
altercation
late 14c., from L. altercationem (nom. altercatio) "a dispute, wrangling," noun of action from altercatus, pp. of altercari "to dispute (with another)," from alter "other" (see alter).
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Example sentences
Imagining the din to be a domestic altercation, she hadn't called the police.
Authorities did not release details on the altercation.
The relative was stabbed during an altercation with a friend with whom he had been deer hunting.
When we were little, my younger brother went to the emergency room because of an altercation with a coffee table.
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