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 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 In court filings, ex-wife Emily Moreno alleged that Miller has repeatedly had physical and verbal altercations with her attorney, Andrew Zashin, after recent court hearings in an ongoing custody battle. — Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 31 July 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

Earlier this week, a Times report revealed Zhang had previously been charged with child abuse for leaving her oldest daughter in a hot car for hours, while Xuan was accused in a civil lawsuit of using violence in landlord-tenant disputes.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
That provision could reignite disputes over whether Washington should establish a national standard or preserve stronger state protections.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of disputes

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The trailer also featured glimpses of steamy makeouts, ATV chases down the beach, fiery explosions, and good ol’ bar fights.

— Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
Director Christopher Nolan uses the premise to stage spectacular sequences where cars reverse down freeways at high speed, cause and effect goes topsy-turvy, and fights are just, well, weird.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of fights

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Bob Beatty, a Washburn political science professor, said that bringing in an outside consultant at this stage could help Marshall push back against several controversies that have hampered his campaign.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
The First Proof team has received many requests to test open-weight models from mathematicians concerned about privacy after recent high-profile controversies.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of controversies

Noun

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
Arendt herself complicated matters by calling it journalism instead of philosophy, which added to the misunderstandings.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

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