altercate

verb

ˈȯl-tər-ˌkāt How to pronounce altercate (audio)
Definition of altercatenext
as in to bicker
to express different opinions about something often angrily this discussion is so silly we might as well altercate on how many angels can dance on the point of a needle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altercate
  1. bicker
  2. argue
  3. fight
  4. quarrel
  5. clash
  6. spat
  7. dispute
  8. brawl
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  • On a scene-to-scene level, Mr. Turner is packed full of delightful dialogue and wonderful scenes of 19th-century painters bickering and arguing, though its undercurrent is one of unstoppable modernity.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Sanders bickered with a reporter who asked about his plans for the rain.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024
Definition of bicker
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  • What is Thomas Dickey arguing in Luigi Mangione's defense?
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Vance highlighted a passage from Bragg's 81-page legal brief, made public Tuesday, in which his team argued that no legal reasoning prevented Trump's sentencing from taking place before his inauguration.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of argue
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  • Features like the double guest cabins (one on the main deck and a second on the upper deck) mean that the yacht is well-arranged for large groups and no one has to fight over who gets the smaller cabin.
    Katia Damborsky, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Duda fled Ukraine into Romania to avoid being drafted to fight in the Ukrainian war.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of fight
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  • But no one could quarrel with its timely message about how much ordinary folks suffer when bombs fall on civilian targets.
    Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Rather than quarrel over contending strategic doctrines, academics, pundits, think tankers, and policymakers should focus on more pragmatic forms of problem solving.
    Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Definition of quarrel
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  • During Trump’s first presidency, tech executives, including from Google, Facebook and Apple, clashed with his administration for banning immigrants from certain Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Sky will be showing the 2pm and 4.30pm matches, so the Spurs match could not clash.
    Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of clash
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  • The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.
    Jonathan Zimmerman, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2016
  • The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 May 2024
Definition of spat
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  • But a Biden administration official, who discussed the matter on condition of anonymity, disputed the characterization.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Mandel believes that Hunter’s extraordinary ability to play both sides of the ball in this fashion led to his Heisman success, and disputes the critics who believe Hunter is purely winning the award because of his snap count.
    Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of dispute
Verb
  • Damian Priest brawled with the Judgment Day and lost.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The American Kennel Club describes the Staffordshire bull terrier as a dog with a brawling past who can make a mild, playful companion, sweet-natured and eager-to-please with the right training.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of brawl
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