skirmish

Main Entry:
skirmish [skur-mish]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fight
Synonyms: altercation, argument, battle, bout, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, disagreement, dispute, encounter, engagement, feud, fisticuffs, fracas, fray, melee, quarrel, row, ruckus, rumble, run-in, scrap*, scuffle, strife, tiff, tussle, war
Main Entry: action
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: an aggressive military deed
Synonyms: battle, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, fighting, fray, skirmish, warfare
Main Entry: attack
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: physical assault
Synonyms: advance, aggression, assailing, assailment, barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, charge, defilement, dirty deed, drive, encounter, encroachment, foray, incursion, initiative, inroad, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irruption, mugging, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, outbreak, push, raid, rape, rush, skirmish, storming, strike, thrust, violation, volley
Antonyms: aid, defense, flight, protection, resistance, retreat, shelter, shield, support, surrender, sustenance
Main Entry: battle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: military fight
Synonyms: action, assault, attack, barrage, blitzkreig, bloodshed, bombing, brush, campaign, carnage, clash, combat, conflict, contention, crusade, encounter, engagement, fighting, fray, havoc, hostility, onset, onslaught, press, ravage, scrimmage, significant contact, skirmish, sortie, strife, struggle, war, warfare
Antonyms: truce
Main Entry: battle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fight, struggle
Synonyms: agitate, argue, clamor, combat, contend, contest, dispute, feud, oppugn, skirmish, strive, tug, war, wrestle
Antonyms: make peace
Main Entry: brush
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fight
Synonyms: clash, conflict, confrontation, encounter, engagement, fracas, rub, run-in, scrap, set-to, skirmish, tap, touch, tussle
Main Entry: clash
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disagreement or fight, often brief
Synonyms: affray, argument, battle, brawl, break, broil, brush, bump, collision, concussion, conflict, confrontation, crash, difference of opinion, discord, discordance, disharmony, dispute, donnybrook, embroilment, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, have a go at each other, impact, jam, jar, jolt, jump, melee, misunderstanding, mix up, opposition, rift, riot, row, rumpus, run-in, rupture, scrap, scrimmage, set-to, shock, showdown, skirmish, smash, wallop
Main Entry: combat
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: battle
Synonyms: action, affray, battle royal, brush, brush-off, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, flap, fray, jackpot, mix-up, run-in, service, shoot-out, skirmish, struggle, war, warfare
Antonyms: accord, compromise, peace, retreat, surrender, truce
Main Entry: contend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: compete, fight
Synonyms: argue, battle, clash, confront, contest, controvert, cope, dispute, emulate, encounter, face, give all one's got, give one's all, go after, go for, go for broke, go for it, go for jugular, grapple, have at, jockey for position, jostle, knock oneself out, litigate, lock horns, make play for, meet, mix it up with, oppose, oppugn, push, push for, resist, rival, scramble for, shoot at, shoot for, skirmish, stand, strive, struggle, tangle with, tug, vie, withstand
Antonyms: abandon, desert, give up, leave, retreat
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