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altercation
UK /ˌɔːltəˈkeɪʃn̩/ US /ˌɔltɚˈkeɪʃən/
noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
armed, domestic, involved, last, over, physical, violent
VERB + ALTERCATION
get, resulted, sort, started
ALTERCATION + NOUN
boy, matt, policeman, something, woman
PREP.
after, between, from, in, into, out, with
Definitions
noun
1
An angry or heated dispute.
to get into an altercation over (something)
The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men.
2
An act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law.
The vvhole of this proceſs is denominated the pleading; in the ſeveral ſtages of vvhich it muſt be carefully obſerved, not to depart or vary from the title or defence, vvhich the party has once inſiſted on. For this (vvhich is called a departure in pleading) might occaſion endleſs altercation.
3
Angry or heated disputation.
VVee ſeldome find one peece of Scripture ſo preciſely and plainely expounded by another, as in this Prophecie, to haue aftervvards beene the Subiect of altercation.
The greateſt of my trouble is, that I am forced to deal vvith a vvriting vvhich is filled vvith […] ſo many angry vvords, and ſo many hiſtoricall untruths, that, as I knovv my very mentioning the later vvill be ill taken, ſo I knovv not hovv to deal vvith the former. For if I ſhould pleaſe my ſelf in overpaſſing them, I knovv ſome vvill ſay his Book is unanſvvered, vvho take the ſtrength of it to lie in ſuch vvords: And if I anſvver it, as I ſhall but vveary a Judicious Reader, vvho looks for Arguments, and loathes altercation, ſo I ſhall be forced to ſpeak according to the matter; […]
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — noisy quarrel
- affray
- fracas
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
601
to get into an altercation over (something)
Wiktionary02
The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men.
Wiktionary03
The truth of my Third Accuſation is confeſt, but the guilt, not acknovvledged; ſince that vvhich excites men to endleſs bavvlings, and altercations; Schiſms, Hereſies and Rebellions, by the vehemencie
Wiktionary04
An 18-year-old male is in hospital after an altercation at a party last night.
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Tom had an altercation with a woman who tried to take his parking space.
Tatoeba · #336799506
The chief of police told reporters that both a member of the public and a police officer had been injured in last night's altercation.
Tatoeba · #3496324Usage Notes
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