altercate
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RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR ALTERCATE
fight
verbengage in physical encounter- 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
fought
verbengage in physical encounter- 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
pettifog
verbquibble- 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
pettifogging
verbquibble- 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
quarrel
verbdisagree- 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
quarreled
verbdisagree- 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
quarrelled
verbdisagree- 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
quarrelling
verbdisagree- 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
quibble
verbdisagree over minor issues- 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
- nit-pick
- paralogize
- pettifog
- pretend
- prevaricate
- put up an argument
- set to
- shift
- spar
- split hairs
- squabble
- talk back
- waffle
- wrangle
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