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Definition of Altercation
1. Noun. Noisy quarrel.
Generic synonyms: Dustup, Quarrel, Row, Run-in, Words, Wrangle
Specialized synonyms: Batrachomyomachia
Definition of Altercation
1. n. Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
Definition of Altercation
1. Noun. Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Altercation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Altercation
Literary usage of Altercation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forensic Oratory: A Manual for Advocates by William Callyhan Robinson (1893)
"To successful altercation a quick, active intellect, a dauntless courage, ...
altercation : an Act of Invention altercation, though primarily intended ..."
2. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"altercation To this ... Coke ungenerously alluded in the famous altercation he
afterwards had with Bacon at the bar of the Coke in Court of Exchequer. ..."
3. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the by James Boswell, George Birkbeck Norman Hill (1891)
"But it was written just after the scene, and Boswell says there was 'a pretty
smart altercation.' Miss Reynolds continues :—' When the Dean came up into the ..."
4. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"altercation in the house of commons—§ XIII. Debate about the removal of the duke
of Bolton and lord viscount Cob- ham from their respective regiments—§ XIV. ..."
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