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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Altercation \Al`ter*ca"tion\ (?; 277), n. [F. altercation, fr
L. altercatio.]
Warm contention in words dispute carried on with heat or
anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. ``Stormy
altercations.'' --Macaulay.
Syn: {Altercation}, {Dispute}, {Wrangle}.
Usage: The term dispute is in most cases, but not
necessarily, applied to a verbal contest; as a
dispute on the lawfulness of war. An altercation is an
angry dispute between two parties, involving an
interchange of severe language. A wrangle is a
confused and noisy altercation.
Their whole life was little else than a
perpetual wrangling and altercation. --Hakewill.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
altercation
n : noisy quarrel [syn: {affray}, {fracas}]
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