All altercation synonyms

noun altercation

• fight — a battle or combat.
• flap — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
• brawl — A brawl is a rough or violent fight.
• run-in — a quarrel; argument.
• argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
• wrangle — to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
• fracas — a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar.
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• blowup — an explosion
• quarrel — a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
• bickering — to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle: The two were always bickering.
• rumble — to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder.
• fuss — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
• beef — Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox.
• contest — A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
• controversy — Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval.
• go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• hassle — a disorderly dispute.
• brush — A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
• words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
• combat — Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
• row — record
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• set-to — a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
• bone of contention — If a particular matter or issue is a bone of contention, it is the subject of a disagreement or argument.
• disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
• squabble — to engage in a petty quarrel.
• clash — When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
• confrontation — A confrontation is a dispute, fight, or battle between two groups of people.