altercation

noun3

1. •
   An angry or heated dispute.

   • The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men.
2. •
   Angry or heated disputation.

   • VVee seldome find one peece of Scripture so precisely and plainely expounded by another, as in this Prophecie, to haue aftervvards beene the Subiect of altercation. — 1614
3. •
   (historical) An act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law.