altercation
/ˌɔltɚˈkeɪʃən/ noun C2- An angry or heated dispute. · to get into an altercation over (something)· The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men.
- An act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law.
- Angry or heated disputation.
Plural altercations
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When there, a fresh altercation arose between them, in the course of which Drebber received a blow from the stick, in the pit of the stomach, perhaps, which killed him without leaving any mark.
Thus the attention of many was attracted by this altercation.
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