Synonym: affray, fracas. Similar words: esterification, alternative, ratification, gratification, education, location, invocation, indication. Meaning: [‚ɔːltə'keɪʃn] 
n. noisy quarrel.
n. noisy quarrel. (31) I could not fill their papers with private altercation, in which they had no concern.
(32) According to an affidavit filed by an LA police detective, the altercation took place in a car when Rihanna checked Brown's mobile phone and found a text message from another woman.
(33) Policeman: Has the child an altercation with a drunken or mentally ill member of his family?
(34) Thus the attention of many was attracted by this altercation.
More similar words: esterification, alternative, ratification, gratification, education, location, invocation, indication, medication, educational, application, vindication, publication, implication, communication, equivocation, alter, clarification, certification, prevarication, personification, identification, alliteration, alter ego, international, telecommunications, interpretation, perception, apperception, nation.