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Altercation N Noisy Quarrel Heated Dispute Hot Tempered Household

Altercation means a noisy quarrel or heated dispute. In that hot-tempered household, no meal concluded peacefully, with the inevitable altercation sometimes leading to blows.

Altercation est une querelle bruyante ou une dispute animée. Dans ce foyer colérique, aucun repas ne se terminait paisiblement; l'inévitable altercation se terminait parfois même par des coups.

Word altercation
Part of Speech N.
Definition noisy quarrel; heated dispute.
Sentence In that hot-tempered household, no meal ever came to a peaceful conclusion; the inevitable altercation occasionally even ended in blows.

Tags: psat

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