Skirmishes synonyms

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encounters
A hostile or adversarial confrontation:
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clashes
(Military) A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
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brushes
A bushy tail:
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tilts
A jousting contest (countable) [1510]
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frays
A fight; a brawl.
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fights
A quarrel or conflict:
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battles
A protracted controversy or struggle:
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conflicts
The definition of a conflict is a fight or disagreement.
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tournaments
A series of such tournaments, jousts, etc. presented as an entertainment
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engagements
A hostile encounter; a battle.
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bouts
A contest between antagonists; a match:
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run-ins
An encounter; a scrape or brush; especially one involving trouble or difficulty.
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touches (related)
A suggestion, hint, or tinge:
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Find another word for skirmishes. In this page you can discover 13 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for skirmishes, like: encounters, clashes, brushes, tilts, frays, fights, battles, conflicts, tournaments, engagements and bouts.
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Skirmishes Sentence Examples

  • I get in skirmishes almost every day.

  • But after a few skirmishes they melted away, and Menelek was obliged to submit and do obeisance to John.

  • The pleasures of a roving life, enlivened by occasional skirmishes with forces organized and led by Spanish officials, gained upon them.

  • A month of harassing skirmishes ensued, during which the Egyptian troops showed their mettle at Mograka, where 200 of them held the fort against a superior number of dervishes, and in combats at Ambigol, Kosha and Firket.

  • The battle at Siffin (657), near the Euphrates, which lasted two months and consisted principally in, sometimes bloody, skirmishes, with alternate success, ended by the well-known appeal to the decision of the Koran on the part of Moawiya.

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