Thesaurus / altercate
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As far as I can make out that means me and the rest of the battery altercate every other night.
"THAT'S ME ALL OVER, MABLE"EDWARD STREETERWORDS RELATED TO ALTERCATE
- altercate
- assault
- attack
- bandy with
- battle
- bear arms
- bicker
- box
- brawl
- brush with
- buck
- carry on war
- challenge
- clash
- contend
- cross swords
- dispute
- do battle
- duel
- exchange blows
- feud
- flare-up
- go to war
- grapple
- joust
- meet
- mix it up
- oppugn
- ply weapons
- protect
- quarrel
- repel
- resist
- rowdy
- scrap
- scuffle
- skirmish
- spar
- strive
- struggle
- take all comers
- take the field
- take up the gauntlet
- tiff
- tilt
- traverse
- tug
- tussle
- wage war
- war
- withstand
- wrangle
- wrestle
- argued
- bickered
- bucked
- buckled down
- carried on
- combated
- conducted
- contested
- continued
- defied
- disputed
- effected
- endured
- engaged in
- exerted oneself
- fell out
- forced
- furthered
- hammered away
- hassled
- lay into
- light into
- made a stand against
- maintained
- opposed
- persevered
- persisted
- prosecuted
- pushed forward
- put up an argument
- repelled
- resisted
- rowed
- spared no effort
- squabbled
- stood up to
- strove
- struggled
- supported
- tangled with
- toiled on
- took on
- took pains
- travailed
- traversed
- upheld
- waged
- withstood
- wrangled
- altercate
- argue over
- argufy
- avoid
- bicker
- blow hot and cold
- carp
- catch at straws
- cavil
- chicane
- criticize
- dispute
- equivocate
- evade
- fence
- flip-flop
- hassle
- have at it
- hem and haw
- hypercriticize
- make a big thing about
- niggle
- nit-pick
- nitpick
- paralogize
- pick to pieces
- pretend
- prevaricate
- put up an argument
- set to
- shift
- spar
- split hairs
- squabble
- talk back
- waffle
- wrangle
- altercate
- argue
- battle
- be at loggerheads
- bicker
- brawl
- break with
- bump
- carp
- caterwaul
- cavil
- charge
- clash
- collide
- complain
- contend
- contest
- cross swords
- differ
- disapprove
- dispute
- dissent
- divide
- embroil
- fall out
- feud
- fight
- find fault
- get tough with
- hassle
- have it out
- have words
- lock horns
- mix it up
- object to
- row
- scrap
- set to
- spar
- spat
- squabble
- strive
- struggle
- take exception
- take on
- tangle
- vary
- war
- wrangle
- altercate
- argue
- battle
- be at loggerheads
- bicker
- brawl
- break with
- bump
- carp
- caterwaul
- cavil
- charge
- clash
- collide
- complain
- contend
- contest
- cross swords
- differ
- disapprove
- dispute
- dissent
- divide
- embroil
- fall out
- feud
- fight
- find fault
- get tough with
- hassle
- have it out
- have words
- lock horns
- mix it up
- object to
- row
- scrap
- set to
- spar
- spat
- squabble
- strive
- struggle
- take exception
- take on
- tangle
- vary
- war
- wrangle
- altercated
- argued
- battled
- bickered
- brawled
- broke with
- bumped
- carped
- caterwauled
- cavilled
- charged
- clashed
- collided
- complained
- contended
- contested
- crossed swords
- differed
- disapproved
- disputed
- dissented
- divided
- embroiled
- fell out
- feuded
- fought
- found fault
- got tough with
- had it out
- had words
- hassled
- locked horns
- mixed it up
- objected to
- rowed
- scrapped
- set to
- sparred
- spat
- squabbled
- strove
- struggled
- tangled
- took exception
- took on
- varied
- warred
- was at loggerheads
- wrangled
- altercating
- arguing
- battling
- being at loggerheads
- bickering
- brawling
- breaking with
- bumping
- carping
- caterwauling
- cavilling
- charging
- clashing
- colliding
- complaining
- contending
- contesting
- crossing swords
- differing
- disapproving
- disputing
- dissenting
- dividing
- embroiling
- falling out
- feuding
- fighting
- finding fault
- getting tough with
- hassling
- having it out
- having words
- locking horns
- mixing it up
- objecting to
- rowing
- scrapping
- setting to
- sparring
- spitting
- squabbling
- striving
- struggling
- taking exception
- taking on
- tangling
- varying
- warring
- wrangling
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