altercation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
altercation/ɔːltəˈkeɪʃn/
▶noun a noisy argument or disagreement.
– derivatives
altercate verb (archaic).
altercate verb (archaic).
– origin ME: from L. altercatio(n-), from altercari ‘to wrangle’.
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