Thesaurus results for ALTERCATIONS

altercations

noun

plural of altercation

as in quarrels

an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions judging from all the slamming and banging, I'd say there was some sort of altercation going on next door

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Recent Examples of altercations Other witnesses, including friends of Smith and Parker, recalled past altercations between the couple. — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026 Images showed altercations between police and protesters, with officers using batons to strike demonstrators, who threw barriers. — Joseph Wilson, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 The election is taking place amid heightened political tensions in Serbia, with reports of incidents and physical altercations at campaign events. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 Images show altercations between police and protesters, with officers using batons to strike demonstrators, who threw barriers. — Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026 As the Tingleys alternately acquiesced to and resisted Vista Grande's insistence on medication, administrators started calling 911 after altercations, according to ambulance and police dispatch records. — Jordan Rau, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 Domestic altercations can quickly spin out of control, making them among the most dangerous types of calls. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Tchouameni and Valverde were involved in two separate altercations, a day apart, in May, with the latter taken to hospital to undergo assessments after sustaining a head injury during the second incident. — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 After marching from Crocker Park in downtown Sacramento, the protest groups engaged in verbal and physical altercations across a barricade formed by law enforcement officers. — Hannah Ruhoff, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The overtones of social significance are adroitly handled and make real sense in an era of tragic international quarrels.

— THR Staff, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
Unlike Christian priests and medicine men, who generally command respect, rainmakers are sometimes seen as malicious people who retaliate against whole communities for quarrels with their neighbors.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of quarrels

Noun

China’s expanding naval capabilities could alter regional military calculations, particularly in areas where maritime disputes and competing territorial claims already exist.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
With first-party fraud and friendly disputes eroding already thin retail margins, managing chargebacks requires far more than basic operational recovery.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of disputes

Noun

But deep disagreements over territory and security guarantees that re-emerged this week underscore obstacles to ending the war.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Both blame each other for the fiery fights, with Lago saying that disagreements between commissioners used to be more civil before Castro and Commissioner Ariel Fernandez were elected in 2023.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of disagreements

Noun

There were messy confirmation fights over controversial Cabinet picks, the era of DOGE and back-and-forths over trade policy.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
In a preview of political fights to come over artificial intelligence, the data center industry is starting to spend money on elections for the first time.

— Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of fights

Noun

What readers are saying The conversation explores the complexities and controversies surrounding a rancher's decision to sell shares of his cattle herd, which led to regulatory scrutiny.

— Abby ShalekBriski, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026
The ad is made completely with AI and shows Shapiro touting his biggest controversies as governor.

— Josh Taylor, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of controversies

Noun

My childhood school in Denmark hadn’t been turned to rubble but into an emotional battlefield, a psychological groundhog’s day of explosive arguments, violent brawls—and brief, fragile truces that always shattered when the home bell rung.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
There are brawls over policy that lead to lawsuits, but the main drama is the 2023 school board election, where the Democrats hoped to reverse the Republicans’ 6-3 majority.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of brawls

Noun

During a prolonged municipal review, one faction of residents called on officials to let Costco build while another lobbied to scuttle the plan — all citing many of the arguments being made in the BJ’s case now.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026
At the meeting with regulators, company representatives reiterated these arguments.

— Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of arguments

Noun

As romance gives way to heartbreak, misunderstandings and difficult choices, the sisters may not always see eye to eye.

— Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026
Four Hands, Two Sonatas ends with Jeong-yo and Pi-o together again, seemingly free of the pressures and misunderstandings that plagued them for so long.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

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