Skirmishes

Synonyms for "skirmishes" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)

Strong matches (5)

Related words (7)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries
combat operationconflictcontentiondebatedisagreementdisputemilitary actionmilitary engagement

More specific

9 entries
academic disputeambushborder skirmishpolicy debatepolicy disputereconnaissance patrolscreening actionurban skirmishverbal exchange

Collocations

11 entries
armed skirmishborder skirmishbrief skirmishepisodic skirmishfrontier skirmishlocal skirmishminor skirmishsmall skirmishsporadic skirmishtactical skirmishurban skirmish

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There were skirmishes between China and India.

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That was not one of the usual skirmishes.

Source: tatoeba (10857232)

There are multiple skirmishes between Polisario troops and Moroccan occupation troops in Western Sahara.

Source: tatoeba (10987418)

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