altercation
About 0.39 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An angry or heated dispute.
to get into an altercation over (something)
- noun An act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law.
- noun Angry or heated disputation.
Similar words
fracas affray brawl dispute disagreement controversy confrontation encounter incident argument
Often followed by
with between in and ensued was took that which
Word family
altercations
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