Altercation

==English==
===Etymology===
From altercation, from altercatio.
===Pronunciation===
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===Noun===
# Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
====Usage notes====
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.
====Synonyms====
* dispute, wrangle
====Quotations====
“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. “Did I ask you for your advice, or did
you think me such a sucker that I couldn't move without it? You
speak when you are spoken to, and by the Lord you'd have to wait
a long time if it was me!” He thrust out his face and grinned at
the patrolmen like a snarling dog.
<BR>—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Valley of Fear
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==French==
===Etymology===
From altercatio.
===Pronunciation===
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===Noun===
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