ALTERCATION

n. 25B6; noun ARGUMENT, quarrel, squabble, fight, shouting match, disagreement, difference of opinion, falling-out, dispute, disputation, wrangle, war of words; informal tiff, run-in, slanging match, spat, scrap; Brit. informal row, barney, ding-dong, bust-up, bit of argy-bargy; N. Amer. informal rhubarb; archaic broil, miff.