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Skirmishes Synonyms

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A minor short-term fight
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. clashes
  2. encounters
  3. battles
  4. brushes
  5. tilts
  6. conflicts
  7. frays
  8. fights
  9. engagements
  10. tournaments
  11. bouts
  12. run-ins

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.

  • From the 9th of May to the 17th of July there were skirmishes, actions and combats almost daily.

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

  • As a model of historical work of a certain kind it is hardly surpassable, and many separate passages - accounts of battles and skirmishes - have never been equalled except by Carlyle.

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Words near Skirmishes in the Thesaurus

  • ski-run
  • skipper
  • skippers
  • skipping
  • skips
  • skirmish
  • skirmisher
  • skirmishes
  • skirt
  • skirt-chaser
  • skirted
  • skirting
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