altercation

口論、言い争い

人々が怒って言い争うこと。

やさしい英語で： An angry argument between people.

• An altercation broke out outside.
• She had a heated altercation with her neighbour.
• Police questioned witnesses after the altercation over a parking space.

使い方： an altercation with someone (He had an altercation with another driver.); an altercation over something (An altercation over the bill delayed our departure.); an altercation between A and B (The guard interrupted an altercation between two customers.)

類義語： argument, quarrel, dispute

よく使う表現： heated altercation, verbal altercation, altercation with someone