altercation

[US]/ɒltə'keɪʃ(ə)n/
[UK]/ˌɔltɚ'keʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. dispute, argument, verbal dispute

Example Sentences

I had an altercation with the ticket collector.

The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.

Throughout the entire altercation, not one sensible word was uttered.

get into an altercation

an altercation broke out

altercation with a stranger

Real-world Examples

There was an altercation in here.

Source: English little tyrant

Military officials said there was a verbal altercation before the shootings Wednesday.

Source: NPR News April 2014 Collection

Several students have described an altercation involving the shooter and possibly another student.

Source: NPR News January 2013 Compilation

This isn't the first violent altercation you've had in a bar, is it?

Source: Out of Control Season 3

Due to a physical altercation with the same patient.

Source: English little tyrant

And do you think that this PTSD contributed to your altercation with Jace Stone?

Source: Out of Control Season 3

I actually lived next door to the Wilsons and overheard the altercation that took place after the incident had occurred.

Source: Listening Digest

That violence is likely going to be police or another protester or some kind of an altercation.

Source: NPR News September 2021 Compilation

He kissed me, and said: " We'll have no more altercations between us, will we" ?

Source: Education of Love

Maybe smaller machines would be " humanoid" by its existence but they'd be " Mononofoolish" to engineer an altercation.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation September 2019

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