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All altercate synonyms

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  • argue β€” If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
  • argue β€” If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
  • disagree β€” to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
  • fight β€” a battle or combat.
  • fight β€” a battle or combat.
  • argue β€” If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
  • review β€” a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
  • confer β€” When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer.
  • take up β€” the act of taking.
  • deny β€” When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
  • contradict β€” If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
  • challenge β€” A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
  • discuss β€” to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
  • doubt β€” to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
  • protect β€” to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • resist β€” to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
  • meet β€” greatest lower bound
  • tangle β€” to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
  • carp β€” A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.
  • complain β€” to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
  • waffle β€” waffling language.
  • contend β€” If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
  • squabble β€” to engage in a petty quarrel.
  • disagree β€” to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
  • quibble β€” an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
  • dispute β€” to engage in argument or debate.
  • quarrel β€” a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
  • spar β€” (during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).
  • tussle β€” to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle.
  • scuffle β€” to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
  • defend β€” If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
  • compete β€” If you compete in a contest or a game, you take part in it.
  • vie β€” to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
  • consider β€” If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
  • contest β€” A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
  • deliberate β€” If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
  • question β€” a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
  • oppose β€” to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
  • answer β€” When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
  • divide β€” to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
  • clash β€” When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
  • dissent β€” to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
  • object β€” anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
  • haggle β€” to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner: They spent hours haggling over the price of fish.
  • discord β€” lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
  • disaccord β€” to be out of accord; disagree.
  • debate β€” A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
  • rip β€” to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
  • skirmish β€” Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
  • war β€” a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
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