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2 definitions found 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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