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skirmishesnounpl. of skirmish a brief clash between enemies or rivalsthe candidates' first debate was only a skirmish in a very long campaign brushes, encounters, hassles, run-ins, scrapes arguments, fights, quarrels, rows, spats, squabbles, tiffsbattles, brawls, frays, wrangles a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groupsthroughout the week of the convention, police engaged in skirmishes with some of the demonstrators battles, clashes, combats, conflicts, contests, dustups, fights, fracases(or British fracas), frays, hassles, scraps, scrimmages, scrums, scuffles, struggles, tussles pitched battles, rough-and-tumblesaffrays(chiefly British), battles royal(or battle royals or battles royale or battle royales), brawls, broils, donnybrooks, free-for-alls, melees(also mêlées), mix-ups, ruckuses, ructionsblows, fistfights, fisticuffs, grapples, handgrips, punch-outs, punch-ups(chiefly British), slugfestsconfrontations, duels, face-offs, joustsaltercations, argle-bargles(chiefly British), arguments, argy-bargies(chiefly British), contretemps, controversies, cross fires, disagreements, disputes, fallings-out(or falling-outs), kickups, misunderstandings, quarrels, rows, spats, squabbles, tangles, tiffs, wranglescatfights truces |