Sample Sentences for
altercation
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    Rudy would finish this particular altercation with a black eye, cracked ribs, and a haircut.  (source)
    altercation = fight
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    Actually, two good things had come out of the altercation with Dana Matherson.  (source)
    altercation = noisy argument, confrontation, or fight
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    Whenever we siblings got into a minor altercation, I can remember it was never Pesza's fault, even though it might have been.  (source)
    altercation = noisy argument or fight
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    As the Americans were waiting to move on, an altercation broke out in their rear-most rank.  (source)
    altercation = a noisy argument or fight
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    Evidently news of the altercations with you in Indonesia have leaked and are causing a stir.†  (source)
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    Other diners had begun to turn in their seats, curious about the altercation by the door.  (source)
    altercation = noisy argument
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    I also have to behave myself, play well with others, refrain from throwing desks, as well as refrain from any "violent physical altercations."†  (source)
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    Some sort of …. altercation, confrontation, also happened in the kitchen.  (source)
    altercation = noisy argument or fight
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    When she was a child she had deviled for a while at the Maycomb Tribune office and had witnessed several altercations, including the last, between Mrs. E.C.B. and Mr. Underwood.†  (source)
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    Walking in the park, they had stumbled across an altercation between National Socialist and Communist gangs of thugs.  (source)
    altercation = a noisy argument or fight
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    If the economy did not pick up soon, he was sure there would be more such altercations.†  (source)
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    The old man whom he had followed was standing at the bar, having some kind of altercation with the barman,  (source)
    altercation = noisy argument
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    For example, three of the men, throughout their lives, had been frequently involved in fights which were not ordinary altercations, and which would have become homicidal assaults if not stopped by others.†  (source)
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