Altercation
noun
A heated or angry dispute or argument.
They were involved in an altercation with a neighboring business over parking spaces.
Often appears as...
- violent altercation
- verbal altercation
noun
A heated or angry dispute or argument.
They were involved in an altercation with a neighboring business over parking spaces.
Often appears as...
- violent altercation
- verbal altercation
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Implies a tense situation that could escalate, often used negatively.
The debate turned into an altercation when voices were raised.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
More intense than a disagreement, but less than a fight.
Their loud altercation in the hallway disrupted the entire office.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential for Violence
Often suggests the potential for physical conflict, but not always.
The bouncers intervened to prevent the altercation from becoming violent.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Implies a tense situation that could escalate, often used negatively.
The debate turned into an altercation when voices were raised.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
More intense than a disagreement, but less than a fight.
Their loud altercation in the hallway disrupted the entire office.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential for Violence
Often suggests the potential for physical conflict, but not always.
The bouncers intervened to prevent the altercation from becoming violent.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Implies a tense situation that could escalate, often used negatively.
The debate turned into an altercation when voices were raised.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
More intense than a disagreement, but less than a fight.
Their loud altercation in the hallway disrupted the entire office.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential for Violence
Often suggests the potential for physical conflict, but not always.
The bouncers intervened to prevent the altercation from becoming violent.
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Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
been trying to chat to everybody and there's obviously mass confusion because everyone thought this was subway in cab and obviously you quite clearly it's quite clearly it's not it's Tandy and clamber and so everyone was a little bit our forts it would be odd for those two to be this close to these two and not be any sort of altercation what was going
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Safari Live - Day 246 PIPE...
had their little altercation early and the one honey that was there ran for its life it just tucked and ran as far as it could to try and get out of there I think that hyenas still running when it heard all the growling and hissing and kind of snarling that was going on and two lipids bear barreling down towards it and so just ran off and so no they
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Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
why didn't the fourth Birmingham I think it's informal that's missing why didn't he come up and help chase away the Avoca males well we don't actually know if they had an altercation or not I mean I don't necessarily think that they knew that the vocal males were here perhaps only once they arrived and they picked
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Ismael Nazario: What I...
One day he pulled me in between the A and B doors which separate the north and south sides of our housing unit. He pulled me there because I had a physical altercation with another young man in my housing unit, and he felt, since there was a female officer working on the floor, that I violated his shift.
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Storytellers Summit Day...
was a reenactment that correctional officers were photographing as evidence of what and what an altercation could look like so working on all of these photographic projects and thinking about stories encouraged me to work on a very different kind of storytelling project
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Why civilians suffer...
are very complicated to answer. Questions about security, when you don't have any security systems, are terrifying. Is that altercation I had with the neighbor down the block going to turn into a violent episode that will end my life or my family's life?
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Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
reason I would say a snake is an altercation once and it was a spitting cobra that decided it didn't like me inspect me in my eye so me and that particular individual snake have a bit of a beef but otherwise snakes in general I do respect them but that
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
in the videotape and the suspect grabbed the backpack and there became a physical altercation over the backpack and as our victim turned to walk away from the scene the suspect raised a weapon and shot the victim in the back of the head
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The last chief of the...
In minutes they stirred the camp into a panic, stole about 70 horses, and disappeared. Led by a young chief named Quanah Parker, the raid was the latest in a long series of altercations
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Academy - Fight...
enforcement there they will be involved in physical altercations
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Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
been trying to chat to everybody and there's obviously mass confusion because everyone thought this was subway in cab and obviously you quite clearly it's quite clearly it's not it's Tandy and clamber and so everyone was a little bit our forts it would be odd for those two to be this close to these two and not be any sort of altercation what was going
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 246 PIPE...
had their little altercation early and the one honey that was there ran for its life it just tucked and ran as far as it could to try and get out of there I think that hyenas still running when it heard all the growling and hissing and kind of snarling that was going on and two lipids bear barreling down towards it and so just ran off and so no they
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
why didn't the fourth Birmingham I think it's informal that's missing why didn't he come up and help chase away the Avoca males well we don't actually know if they had an altercation or not I mean I don't necessarily think that they knew that the vocal males were here perhaps only once they arrived and they picked
Video examples
Ismael Nazario: What I...
One day he pulled me in between the A and B doors which separate the north and south sides of our housing unit. He pulled me there because I had a physical altercation with another young man in my housing unit, and he felt, since there was a female officer working on the floor, that I violated his shift.
Video examples
Storytellers Summit Day...
was a reenactment that correctional officers were photographing as evidence of what and what an altercation could look like so working on all of these photographic projects and thinking about stories encouraged me to work on a very different kind of storytelling project
Video examples
Why civilians suffer...
are very complicated to answer. Questions about security, when you don't have any security systems, are terrifying. Is that altercation I had with the neighbor down the block going to turn into a violent episode that will end my life or my family's life?
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
reason I would say a snake is an altercation once and it was a spitting cobra that decided it didn't like me inspect me in my eye so me and that particular individual snake have a bit of a beef but otherwise snakes in general I do respect them but that
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
in the videotape and the suspect grabbed the backpack and there became a physical altercation over the backpack and as our victim turned to walk away from the scene the suspect raised a weapon and shot the victim in the back of the head
Video examples
The last chief of the...
In minutes they stirred the camp into a panic, stole about 70 horses, and disappeared. Led by a young chief named Quanah Parker, the raid was the latest in a long series of altercations
Video examples
Academy - Fight...
enforcement there they will be involved in physical altercations
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Quote examples
Robert P. McCulloch
American Businessman
Several witnesses describe seeing an altercation in the car between Mr. Brown and Officer Wilson. It was described as wrestling, tug-of-war. Several other witnesses described Mr. Brown as punching Officer Wilson while Mr. Brown was partially inside the vehicle.
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Jenna Morasca
American Model
When I played 'Survivor', I sat back many times and marveled that no one had gotten into a real physical altercation. With all the backbiting, lies, and lack of food, a fight didn't sound far off base, considering the strained and fragile emotions.
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Larry David
American Actor
When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these altercations all the time. Being in public, dealing with shopkeepers, just trying to cross the street - things like that.
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Adam Pally
American Actor
Well, I have been in physical altercations, but they weren't really fights because I am too scared and Jewish. So anytime that it gets to a point where there is gonna be a fight, I immediately apologize.
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Gerry Cooney
American Athlete
I saw my brother have an altercation one time. He hit a guy with a left hook to the body and a right hand to the chin. He not only knocked the guy out, but out of wind. That stuck with me. It scared me.
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Sable
I was a very feisty teenager and I got into a few altercations, and, you know, you mature and realize that's not the proper way to handle things.
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Lucas Hedges
American Actor
I am somebody who never came close to a physical altercation, because I was too scared of even getting near one - I'd probably just start crying.
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Robert P. McCulloch
American Businessman
Several witnesses describe seeing an altercation in the car between Mr. Brown and Officer Wilson. It was described as wrestling, tug-of-war. Several other witnesses described Mr. Brown as punching Officer Wilson while Mr. Brown was partially inside the vehicle.
Quote examples
Jenna Morasca
American Model
When I played 'Survivor', I sat back many times and marveled that no one had gotten into a real physical altercation. With all the backbiting, lies, and lack of food, a fight didn't sound far off base, considering the strained and fragile emotions.
Quote examples
Larry David
American Actor
When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these altercations all the time. Being in public, dealing with shopkeepers, just trying to cross the street - things like that.
Quote examples
Adam Pally
American Actor
Well, I have been in physical altercations, but they weren't really fights because I am too scared and Jewish. So anytime that it gets to a point where there is gonna be a fight, I immediately apologize.
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Gerry Cooney
American Athlete
I saw my brother have an altercation one time. He hit a guy with a left hook to the body and a right hand to the chin. He not only knocked the guy out, but out of wind. That stuck with me. It scared me.
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Sable
I was a very feisty teenager and I got into a few altercations, and, you know, you mature and realize that's not the proper way to handle things.
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Lucas Hedges
American Actor
I am somebody who never came close to a physical altercation, because I was too scared of even getting near one - I'd probably just start crying.
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