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skirmishnoun a brief clash between enemies or rivalsthe candidates' first debate was only a skirmish in a very long campaign brush, encounter, hassle, run-in, scrape argument, fight, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tiffbattle, brawl, fray, wrangle a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groupsthroughout the week of the convention, police engaged in skirmishes with some of the demonstrators battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, dustup, fight, fracas, fray, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scrum, scuffle, struggle, tussle pitched battle, rough-and-tumbleaffray(chiefly British), battle royal, brawl, broil, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee(also mêlée), mix-up, ruckus, ructionblows, fistfight, fisticuffs, grapple, handgrips, punch-out, punch-up(chiefly British), slugfestconfrontation, duel, face-off, joustaltercation, argle-bargle(chiefly British), argument, argy-bargy(chiefly British), contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tangle, tiff, wranglecatfight truce in the 14th century |