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altercation Noun a noisy argument [Latin altercari to quarrel]
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altercation noun argument, row, clash, disagreement, dispute, controversy, contention, quarrel, squabble, wrangle, bickering, discord, dissension  Translations altercation [ɔltəˈkeɪʃən] n → altercado altercation [ɔltəˈkeɪʃən] n → altercation f altercation [ɔltəˈkeɪʃən] n → Auseinandersetzung f altercation [ɔːltəˈkeɪʃən] n → alterco, litigio |
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Containing scenes of altercation, of no very uncommon kind. "MY dear sir," said the editor to the man, who had called to see about his poem, "I regret to say that owing to an unfortunate altercation in this office the greater part of your manuscript is illegible; a bottle of ink was upset upon it, blotting out all but the first line - that is to say - " I was worn out by two days and a night of hard railway travel and had not entirely recovered from a gunshot wound in the head, received in an altercation. |
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