altercation ˈɔltərˌkeɪʃən noun
: a noisy argument between angry people
The word altercation has appeared in 343 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Dec. 7 in “Heathrow Airport Is Briefly Locked Down After Spray Is Used in Altercation,” by Ali Watkins:
Parts of Heathrow Airport were briefly locked down on Sunday morning after what appeared to be pepper spray was used during a fight in one of the airport’s parking garages, the police said. According to the Metropolitan Police, officers were called to a parking garage at Terminal 3 in Heathrow around 8 a.m. on Sunday after reports of an altercation involving a sprayed substance. A group of men used what appeared to be a type of pepper spray before fleeing the area, the police said.
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