altercate

/ˈɔltərˌkeɪt/
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Other forms: altercating; altercated; altercates

Definitions of altercate
  1. verb
    have a disagreement over something
    synonyms: argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap
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    brawl, wrangle
    quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
    spat
    engage in a brief and petty quarrel
    polemicise, polemicize, polemise, polemize
    engage in a controversy
    fall out
    have a breach in relations
    type of:
    argue, contend, debate, fence
    have an argument about something
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