altercation

1. (countable)An angry or heated dispute.

   to get into an altercation over (something)

   The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men.

   Auseinandersetzung, heftige Auseinandersetzung, Disput

   ди́спутdísput, перебра́нкаperebránka, препира́тельствоprepirátelʹstvo

   перепа́лкаperepálka, сва́ркаsvárka

2. (countable, historical)An act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law.

3. (uncountable)Angry or heated disputation.

1. Sami was involved in the altercation.

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2. Sami got into a physical altercation.

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3. Sami was in a physical altercation.

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4. Yanni was involved in an altercation.

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5. Yanni's apologies often devolve into physical altercations.

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