Synonyms for altercation
ˌɔl tərˈkeɪ ʃənal·ter·ca·tion

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1. altercationnoun

   Synonyms:
   dispute, wrangle

2. altercationnoun

   Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.

   Synonyms:
   dispute, wrangle

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1. altercation

   Synonyms:
   dispute, wrangle, contentious, quarrel, dissension, commotion, variance, disturbance, affray, controversy, brawl

   Antonyms:
   unanimity, concord, compromise, agreement, reconciliation, consonance, conversation, harmony

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1. affray, altercation, fracasnoun

   noisy quarrel

   Synonyms:
   ruffle, fray, disturbance, fracas, affray

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1. • Quarrel

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1. altercationnoun

   Synonyms:
   dispute, controversy, contention, strife, difference, jangling, jangle, jarring, rupture, quarrel, sparring, bickering, wrangle, wrangling, dissension, war of words

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1. List of paraphrases for "altercation":

   argument

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1. Jeanette Velasquez:

   It started with girls just talking about her, to exchanging words back and forth, to actually the physical altercation.

2. Chicago Police:

   A 56-year-old male was involved in an altercation with an unknown Black male offender who produced a knife and stabbed the victim in the chest.

3. Rosario Herrera:

   There was an altercation of some kind.

4. Tina Gale:

   I’ve done this for 10 years and never once had a physical altercation. This was the first and hopefully the last, we run a very clean organization, we run good tournaments, but unfortunately it happened on our dime and we don’t take things like this lightly. We would never condone that kind of conduct.

5. Pete Eliadis:

   There's no political will to prosecute the people in this climate. Why should a police officer waste time getting into an altercation when the person is not going to jail because it's overcrowded and a prosecutor is not going to prosecute that case because it's not high on the priority list ? the takeaway is we need the political will, more prosecution and backing of law enforcement.