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Shift interrupted by constant disagreement (11)

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I believe the answer is:

altercation

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'disagreement' is the definition.
(altercation is a kind of disagreement)

'shift interrupted by constant' is the wordplay.
'shift' becomes 'alter' (I've seen this before).
'interrupted by constant' becomes 'cation' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'alter'+'cation'='ALTERCATION'

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(Other definitions for altercation that I've seen before include "One's argued" , "Spat" , "heated dispute" , "Rattle a coin (anag) - row" , "Noisy disagreement" .)

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