quarrel

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an angry disagreement between two or more people or groups:

They had a bitter quarrel about/over some money three years ago and they haven't spoken to each other since.

We have no quarrel with the people of your country (= we have no reason to disagree with or dislike them).

They seem to have patched up their quarrel (= finished their disagreement and started to be friendly).

to have an angry disagreement with someone:

What did you quarrel about/over?

She quarrelled with everyone in the village.

an angry disagreement between people, groups, or countries:

A big family quarrel left Judith and me in tears.

to disagree with someone in an angry, often loud way:

We heard our neighbors quarreling about/over money.