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

Other disputes are minor, like the three animal rights activists who stole lambs from King Charles’ Sandringham estate.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2026
In the last year alone, the federal government partially shut down twice for weeks because of partisan disputes in Congress over spending on healthcare and immigration enforcement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of disputes

Noun

The economy has produced another set of disagreements, particularly over government spending, employment, and social programs.

— Katie Angell Britannica Editors Oct. 2, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Oct. 2026
The suit also asserted Vista Grande initiated the ER trips in retaliation for the family's disagreements about Tingley's care.

— Jordan Rau, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of disagreements

Noun

Two of Iowa’s four Republican House members, both in their own worrying reelection fights, had just broken with the president to vote to stop the war with Iran.

— Natalie Allison, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
The company stages live fights where people remotely control humanoid robots against other humanoid robots.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of fights

Noun

The question also raised the recent spread of controversies over individual films into attacks on cast and crew and campaigns to halt screenings.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Fox and its founder, Rupert Murdoch, have faced controversies, scandals and litigation before.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of controversies

Noun

The new Type 01—revealed today in New York—will be judged by the same standards, with the arguments already begun and the marque, again, putting its future on the line.

— Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2026
Those decisions have been handed down after months of consideration, including oral arguments.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of arguments

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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