Both Uses
altercation
in
1984, by Orwell
(Edited)
- He was a few paces away from them when suddenly the group broke up and two of the men were in violent altercation.
p. 85.1altercation = noisy argument, confrontation, or fight
- The old man whom he had followed was standing at the bar, having some kind of altercation with the barman,
p. 87.7 *altercation = noisy argument
Definitions:
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(1)
(altercation) a noisy argument, confrontation, or fight
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)