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altercation
[`ɔltɚ'keʃən]
n. 论,
  1. I expected that she should stand my friend in these altercations.
    场斗她应该坚
  2. They had an altercation about a trifle.
  3. Brazilian woman who was shot six times in the head after an altercation with her ex-hu and was out of the ho ital and talking to the media on Saturday.
    巴西枪目院,星期媒体




altercation
[ noun ]
noisy quarrel
<noun.communication>




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.