He was involved in a skirmish with a violent gang.
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Skirmish
//ˈskɜːmɪʃ//
Synonyms for "skirmish" (90 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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Translations
114 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُنَاوَشَة noun (brief battle between small groups)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- toqquşma noun (brief battle between small groups)
- toqquşma noun (minor dispute)
- toqquşmaq verb (to engage in a minor battle or dispute)
Belarusian
4 entries- бо́йка noun (brief battle between small groups)
- перастрэ́лка noun (brief battle between small groups)
- суты́чка noun (brief battle between small groups)
- суты́чка noun (minor dispute)
Bulgarian
2 entries- караница noun (minor dispute)
- схва́тка noun (brief battle between small groups)
Catalan
3 entries- escaramussa noun (brief battle between small groups)
- escaramussa noun (minor dispute)
- escaramussar verb (to engage in a minor battle or dispute)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 口角 noun (minor dispute)
- 小爭論 /小争论 noun (minor dispute)
- 小衝突 /小冲突 noun (brief battle between small groups)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 小衝突 /小冲突 noun (brief battle between small groups)
- 衝突 /冲突 noun (brief battle between small groups)
Czech
3 entries- půtka noun (brief battle between small groups)
- šarvátka noun (brief battle between small groups)
- šarvátka noun (minor dispute)
Danish
2 entries- skærmydsel noun (brief battle between small groups)
- skærmydsel noun (minor dispute)
Dutch
3 entries- schermutseling noun (brief battle between small groups)
- schermutseling noun (minor dispute)
- schermutselen verb (to engage in a minor battle or dispute)
Esperanto
1 entries- bataleto noun (brief battle between small groups)
Estonian
1 entries- jagelus noun (brief battle between small groups)
Finnish
4 entries- jupakka noun (minor dispute)
- kahakka noun (brief battle between small groups)
- kahina noun (brief battle between small groups)
- kahnaus noun (brief battle between small groups)
French
4 entries- escarmouche noun (brief battle between small groups)
- escarmouche noun (minor dispute)
- échauffourée noun (brief battle between small groups)
- escarmoucher verb (to engage in a minor battle or dispute)
Galician
3 entries- escaramuza noun (brief battle between small groups)
- escaramuza noun (minor dispute)
- escaramuzar verb (to engage in a minor battle or dispute)
German
4 entries- Auseinandersetzung noun (minor dispute)
- Geplänkel noun (brief battle between small groups)
- Scharmützel noun (brief battle between small groups)
- Wortgeplänkel noun (minor dispute)
Greek
2 entries- αψιμαχία noun (brief battle between small groups)
- αψιμαχώ verb (to engage in a minor battle or dispute)
Hindi
3 entries- झड़प noun (brief battle between small groups)
- झड़प noun (minor dispute)
- टकराव noun (minor dispute)
Italian
2 entries- scaramuccia noun (brief battle between small groups)
- schermaglia noun (brief battle between small groups)
Japanese
3 entries- 小競り合い noun (brief battle between small groups)
- 小競り合い noun (minor dispute)
- 小競り合いをする verb (to engage in a minor battle or dispute)
Latin
2 entries- praecursiō noun (brief battle between small groups)
- vēlitor verb (to engage in a minor battle or dispute)
Macedonian
4 entries- пре́сметка noun (brief battle between small groups)
- пре́сметка noun (minor dispute)
- пре́стрелка noun (brief battle between small groups)
- су́дир noun (minor dispute)
Middle French
1 entries- escarmouche noun (brief battle between small groups)
Māori
3 entries- kekeritanga noun (brief battle between small groups)
- riringa noun (brief battle between small groups)
- taute noun (brief battle between small groups)
Old French
1 entries- escharmuche noun (brief battle between small groups)
Polish
3 entries- potyczka noun (brief battle between small groups)
- potyczka noun (minor dispute)
- utarczka noun (minor dispute)
Portuguese
3 entries- briguinha noun (minor dispute)
- escaramuça noun (brief battle between small groups)
- escaramuçar verb (to engage in a minor battle or dispute)
Romanian
1 entries- escarmușă noun (brief battle between small groups)
Russian
4 entries- перепа́лка noun (brief battle between small groups)
- перепа́лка noun (minor dispute)
- перестре́лка noun (brief battle between small groups)
- сты́чка noun (brief battle between small groups)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- čȃrka noun (brief battle between small groups)
- ча̑рка noun (brief battle between small groups)
- čarkati verb (to engage in a minor battle or dispute)
Spanish
4 entries- berrinche noun (minor dispute)
- enfrentamiento noun (brief battle between small groups)
- escaramuza noun (brief battle between small groups)
- escaramuza noun (minor dispute)
Swedish
1 entries- skärmytsling noun (brief battle between small groups)
Tagalog
1 entries- sagupaan noun (brief battle between small groups)
Turkish
2 entries- çarpışma noun (brief battle between small groups)
- çatışma noun (brief battle between small groups)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бі́йка noun (brief battle between small groups)
- перестрі́лка noun (brief battle between small groups)
- спо́тичка noun (brief battle between small groups)
- спо́тичка noun (minor dispute)
Urdu
1 entries- جھڑپ noun (brief battle between small groups)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
There was a border skirmish. The road to the airport is blocked.
Source: tatoeba (6616533)
The verbal skirmish turned into a fight.
Source: tatoeba (10569340)
A wrong move during the faceoff could have led to war, and any conventional skirmish between two nuclear powers always brought with it the risk of escalation.
Source: tatoeba (12019367)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.