Altercation
ahd-5
noun.
A vehement quarrel.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of altercating; warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle.
noun.
In
Roman law
, the method of proceeding on the trial of a cause in court by question and answer.
Colquhoun.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Warm
contention
in words;
dispute
carried on with
heat
or
anger
;
controversy
;
wrangle
;
wordy
contest.
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noun.
noisy quarrel
Word Usage
"I find it interesting that the video starts just as the altercation is ending."