domestic dispute
Fight at home
A domestic dispute is a conflict between people who live together, typically romantic partners or family members.
The phrase appears most often in police and news contexts, where it may euphemize situations ranging from loud arguments to serious violence: Officers responded to a domestic dispute call.
The term can minimize the severity of what might be assault or abuse.
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- restraining orderCourt-enforced avoidance mandate
- protective orderCourt mandate forbidding contact
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
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- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- public disturbancesriot, disorderly conduct, brawl, disturbing the peace, breach of peace
- domestic abusebattering, batterer, spousal abuse, wife beating, intimate partner violence
- alcohol harmalcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, alcohol dependency, alcohol poisoning, binge drinking
- violent crimehomicide, stabbing, shooting, robbery, mugging
domestic disputestreet brawl
Public physical altercation
bar fight · workplace conflict · riot · public disturbance · street fight
domestic disputegang violence
Crime by organized groups
random attack · business dispute · workplace harassment · customer complaint
domestic disputedomestic harmony
Peaceful household relations
domestic bliss · marital harmony · family harmony · happy home · domestic tranquility
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