1. arguing or quarreling angrily with someone
Usage: present participle of altercate; formal

Examples

• The neighbors were altercating loudly over the property line.
• She found them altercating in the hallway about the missing documents.
• The committee members spent the entire meeting altercating instead of solving problems.
• He was altercating with the referee about the controversial call.
• The siblings were altercating over who would inherit the family business.
• Rather than altercating endlessly, they decided to seek mediation.