altercation

Etymology

Borrowed as Middle English altercacioun from Anglo-Norman altercacione, altercacioun, from Middle French altercacion, altercation (altercation in modern French); ultimately from Latin altercātiō, altercātiōn-.

noun

  1. Heated or angry dispute
    The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men.
    "What the hell is it to you who are my friends?" roared McMurdo in a voice which brought every head in the carriage round to witness the altercation. 1914, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear

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