skirmish
Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
any brisk conflict or encounter: She had a skirmish with her landlord about the rent.
to engage in a skirmish.
Origin of skirmish
1synonym study For skirmish
Other words for skirmish
Other words from skirmish
- skir·mish·er, noun
- outskirmish, verb (used with object)
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How to use skirmish in a sentence
More broadly, however, this skirmish also shows the growing importance of visual disinformation as a political tool.
There have been skirmishes in courts across the country in recent years over whether employers can require workers to get a flu shot.
Reinoehl shot Danielson near the end of that Saturday of street skirmishes between antifascists and right-wingers.
New Eyewitness Accounts: Feds Didn’t Identify Themselves Before Opening Fire on Portland Antifa Suspect | by Bryan Denson for ProPublica and Conrad Wilson, Oregon Public Broadcasting | October 13, 2020 | ProPublicaThese early skirmishes will determine whether DeFi can live up to its aspirational potential as an alternative, open source financial system.
Is the SushiSwap saga a preview of a new wave of crypto chaos? | dzanemorris | September 9, 2020 | FortuneAfter multiple skirmishes between Apple and developers, regulators have started playing closer attention.
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And earlier that day, the 43-year-old had earned the précis, breaking up a skirmish by the Staten Island Ferry.
Before Eric Garner, There Was Michael Stewart: The Tragic Story of the Real-Life Radio Raheem | Marlow Stern | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs we hear in Mark 15:7, he was apparently an insurrectionist, an anti-Roman revolutionary, and had killed someone in a skirmish.
The Barabbas Theory of Voting: Bible Story Shows Tough Choices for Midterms | Jay Parini | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA half-an-hour earlier they had been caught in the middle of a mortar barrage in a skirmish with separatists.
That is a high death toll for Hezbollah in a skirmish inside Lebanon on its home territory.
The brief skirmish between Hamas and Israel in 2012 also ended with Hamas still in place.
Israel Tells Hamas: You Can Keep Your Rockets | Eli Lake, Josh Rogin | July 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs they neared Paris, they heard firing, and became aware a slight skirmish was in progress.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnHe was a mere boy, who, in a rash skirmish with some of our hussars, was wounded severely and taken prisoner.
A couple of miles out of the town, in the neighbourhood of La Paz, the entrenched enemy was routed after a slight skirmish.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThe post-office strike has already shown us what deplorable disasters even a skirmish can bring about.
The Double Four | E. Phillips OppenheimFirst, though, I'd like to present you a decoration to commemorate your part in this skirmish, Wes.
The Great Potlatch Riots | Allen Kim Lang
British Dictionary definitions for skirmish
/ (ˈskɜːmɪʃ) /
a minor short-lived military engagement
any brisk clash or encounter, usually of a minor nature
(intr often foll by with) to engage in a skirmish
Origin of skirmish
1Derived forms of skirmish
- skirmisher, noun
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