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 al·ter·ca·tion /ˌɔltɚ/
 爭論,口角

 Al·ter·ca·tion n.  Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. “Stormy altercations.”
 Syn: -- Altercation, Dispute, Wrangle.
 Usage: The term dispute is in most cases, but not necessarily, applied to a verbal contest; as, a dispute on the lawfulness of war. An altercation is an angry dispute between two parties, involving an interchange of severe language. A wrangle is a confused and noisy altercation.
    Their whole life was little else than a perpetual wrangling and altercation.   --Hakewill.
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 altercation
      n : noisy quarrel [syn: affray, fracas]