Definition of skirmish in English:

skirmish

noun ˈskəːmɪʃˈskərmɪʃ

1An episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets.
小规模战斗，小冲突
the unit was caught in several skirmishes and the commanding officer was killed
Example sentencesExamples
- Whites fought frequent wars and skirmishes through the later nineteenth century as they pushed into Native Americans' lands.
- Relations with Israel have long been contentious and border skirmishes are fought periodically between the two nations.
- For three years it has been negotiating peace with Manila, all the while keeping up skirmishes against the national army.
- The Marines who let me through the skirmish line filed their reports on Booth's death.
- They do not seek a decisive battle, and they prefer to engage in raids, skirmishes, and ambushes.
- The Constitutional Court's decision is only a skirmish in the broader battle between the executive and the judiciary.
- Both on its advance and retreat, Jacobites fought skirmishes at Clifton, in the Eden valley.
- Fix the enemy in place using skirmishes, artillery, feints, and demonstrations while probing his lines.
- A skirmish broke out after troops ran across a boat belonging to the rebels.
- McClernand reputably organized and led his brigade, division, and finally, corps in skirmishes and battles of the Western Theater.
- Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War.
- Yon describes a full month of bloody skirmishes in the streets of Mosul, complete with body counts.
- Such incidents may seem minor, but they represent skirmishes in a larger battle.
- Occasional skirmishes continued over the border during the 1980s, with over 1,000 people being killed.
- In a few cases, their battles have been won, in others they were fighting the initial skirmishes of later battles.
- No, this won't be a naval skirmish with some oppressive foreign dictator.
- The skirmishes fought by the Gäian Retributors were bloody and their terrorist actions vicious.
- The key now is to tune out the ‘white noise’ and stop fighting the daily skirmishes of the last war.
- There were only a few minor skirmishes left, but they were quickly being ended.
- Now, in five years, there have been no provocations save one, a naval skirmish in 2002.
Synonyms
fight, battle, clash, conflict, encounter, confrontation, engagement, fray, contest, combat, tussle, scrimmage, fracas, affray, melee
archaic rencounter
1. 1.1 A short argument.
  小争论，小争执
  there was a skirmish over the budget
  就预算问题产生了小争执。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Carey may have won the opening skirmish, but the Europeans aren't crying uncle yet.
  Teddy Roosevelt was the same though he had a few minor skirmishes.
  Who would have bet on Mjallby being the one on the seat of his shorts trackside after an unlikely skirmish between David and Goliath?
  When Jock discovers his daughter with the piper, a skirmish ensues and an official inquest is called.
  Short of adverse personnel actions, a few skirmishes have broken out involving controversial campus events and visitors.
  Once in a while, there's a short skirmish and someone dies, but it's all dull and uninspired.
  When the emperors soldiers came to reclaim the hawk, a brief skirmish ensued and the hawk was not returned.
  Skirmishes continue to break out in the US over science education in public schools.
  None of them bothered to change out of their street clothes, expecting a short skirmish only.
  Stay tuned - literally - and we'll see how this latest skirmish in the media wars turns out.
  Both furs jumped to their feet, and a very short skirmish ensued.
  Other than the budget skirmishes, there just doesn't seem to be much going on.
  When some of the dust of those culture war skirmishes cleared, the budget of the NEA had been riven.
  When these disappeared, she fought and won a brief skirmish with her conscience.
  Yesterday there was a short skirmish in the woods outside the town of Nyda.
  And it's just the latest skirmish in the war over digital music, movies, and books.
  The favorable legal climate does not mean that skirmishes don't occur.
  I never got the feeling that this was an actual skirmish occurring in front of me.
  Synonyms
  argument, quarrel, squabble, contretemps, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute, disputation, contention, clash, altercation, exchange, war of words
  Irish, North American, &amp Australian donnybrook
  informal tiff, set-to, run-in, spat, dust-up
  British informal row, barney, ding-dong, bust-up, bit of argy-bargy, ruck
  British informal, Football afters
  Scottish informal rammy
  archaic broil, miff
  Scottish archaic threap, collieshangie

verb ˈskəːmɪʃˈskərmɪʃ

[no object]often as noun skirmishing

Engage in a skirmish.
进行小规模战斗，发生小冲突；发生小争论
reports of skirmishing along the border
关于边境小冲突的报道。
Example sentencesExamples
- They could adopt a new method of combat, that is, fighting in columns and skirmishing.
- But they can expect little sympathy from the anti-globalisation protesters, already skirmishing yesterday with the police in south-west France.
- In this context, an ideal lawn was less about skirmishing with crabgrass than defending the urban landscape from weeds.
- In recent months King has been skirmishing bitterly with Catholic bishops over immigration policy.
- A little after this, they skirmished briefly with Byzantine troops.
- There was some more skirmishing over the details, but finally everyone consented.
- The two armies skirmished occasionally throughout the month, but no serious fighting developed.
- In the early skirmishing it was Motherwell who were the assured side.
- In addition to skirmishing with German patrols, the group destroyed a bridge north of Graignes to interrupt one German route to the fighting.
- He fought a war with Chad, skirmished with Egypt, and trained a commando group which attacked a city in southern Tunisia.
- The army reached Iconium in the middle of August and skirmished with Turkish forces near Heraclea later that month.
- For the next several weeks, the 82nd and the rest of the Army skirmished with the Confederates around Marietta and Kenesaw.
- There was now open skirmishing between the Greeks and the Latins.
- At age 15, he was travelling Italy with Lazio's infamous Irriducibili hooligans, skirmishing with police and opposing supporters.
- After skirmishing with a civilian wagon train on O'Fallon's Creek, they crossed the Yellowstone River two or three days before Christmas.
- She leaves the frame, and one of the boys is skirmishing with a football.
- In short, it was to dilapidation what the American Civil War was to skirmishing.
- But by early summer, Chicago's hotel workers were skirmishing on the job.
- Azmoth the Clever, a master at leadership and full of cunning, was the scouting and skirmishing army for the One.
- Armed gangs, constituents of rival warring factions, skirmished for control of the camps.
Synonyms
fight, do battle with, battle with, engage with, close with, combat, clash with, come to blows with, exchange blows with, struggle with, tussle with
informal scrap with

Derivatives

skirmisher

noun ˈskəːmɪʃəˈskərmɪʃər

I knew I couldn't sleep, but I still had to keep my eyes open to watch for skirmishers, or raiders sneaking up on us in the night.
Example sentencesExamples
- At this sign of the possible proximity of Indians, skirmishers deployed, and the advance resumed.
- Quickly following Miller in the charge came the infantrymen and Winters's dismounted cavalry moving as skirmishers.
- In several little fields were knots of skirmishers.
- In an earlier time, they would have been called skirmishers.

Origin

Middle English (as a verb): from Old French eskirmiss-, lengthened stem of eskirmir, from a Germanic verb meaning 'defend'.

Definition of skirmish in US English:

skirmish

nounˈskərmiSHˈskərmɪʃ

1An episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets.
小规模战斗，小冲突
Example sentencesExamples
- No, this won't be a naval skirmish with some oppressive foreign dictator.
- Such incidents may seem minor, but they represent skirmishes in a larger battle.
- Now, in five years, there have been no provocations save one, a naval skirmish in 2002.
- Occasional skirmishes continued over the border during the 1980s, with over 1,000 people being killed.
- The skirmishes fought by the Gäian Retributors were bloody and their terrorist actions vicious.
- Both on its advance and retreat, Jacobites fought skirmishes at Clifton, in the Eden valley.
- McClernand reputably organized and led his brigade, division, and finally, corps in skirmishes and battles of the Western Theater.
- There were only a few minor skirmishes left, but they were quickly being ended.
- Yon describes a full month of bloody skirmishes in the streets of Mosul, complete with body counts.
- Relations with Israel have long been contentious and border skirmishes are fought periodically between the two nations.
- In a few cases, their battles have been won, in others they were fighting the initial skirmishes of later battles.
- The Marines who let me through the skirmish line filed their reports on Booth's death.
- A skirmish broke out after troops ran across a boat belonging to the rebels.
- Whites fought frequent wars and skirmishes through the later nineteenth century as they pushed into Native Americans' lands.
- Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War.
- They do not seek a decisive battle, and they prefer to engage in raids, skirmishes, and ambushes.
- The Constitutional Court's decision is only a skirmish in the broader battle between the executive and the judiciary.
- Fix the enemy in place using skirmishes, artillery, feints, and demonstrations while probing his lines.
- For three years it has been negotiating peace with Manila, all the while keeping up skirmishes against the national army.
- The key now is to tune out the ‘white noise’ and stop fighting the daily skirmishes of the last war.
Synonyms
fight, battle, clash, conflict, encounter, confrontation, engagement, fray, contest, combat, tussle, scrimmage, fracas, affray, melee
1. 1.1 A short argument.
  小争论，小争执
  there was a skirmish over the budget
  就预算问题产生了小争执。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Carey may have won the opening skirmish, but the Europeans aren't crying uncle yet.
  Who would have bet on Mjallby being the one on the seat of his shorts trackside after an unlikely skirmish between David and Goliath?
  Stay tuned - literally - and we'll see how this latest skirmish in the media wars turns out.
  I never got the feeling that this was an actual skirmish occurring in front of me.
  Skirmishes continue to break out in the US over science education in public schools.
  Teddy Roosevelt was the same though he had a few minor skirmishes.
  When some of the dust of those culture war skirmishes cleared, the budget of the NEA had been riven.
  None of them bothered to change out of their street clothes, expecting a short skirmish only.
  Both furs jumped to their feet, and a very short skirmish ensued.
  Other than the budget skirmishes, there just doesn't seem to be much going on.
  When the emperors soldiers came to reclaim the hawk, a brief skirmish ensued and the hawk was not returned.
  When these disappeared, she fought and won a brief skirmish with her conscience.
  Short of adverse personnel actions, a few skirmishes have broken out involving controversial campus events and visitors.
  Yesterday there was a short skirmish in the woods outside the town of Nyda.
  The favorable legal climate does not mean that skirmishes don't occur.
  And it's just the latest skirmish in the war over digital music, movies, and books.
  When Jock discovers his daughter with the piper, a skirmish ensues and an official inquest is called.
  Once in a while, there's a short skirmish and someone dies, but it's all dull and uninspired.
  Synonyms
  argument, quarrel, squabble, contretemps, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute, disputation, contention, clash, altercation, exchange, war of words

verbˈskərmiSHˈskərmɪʃ

[no object]often as noun skirmishing

Engage in a skirmish.
进行小规模战斗，发生小冲突；发生小争论
reports of skirmishing along the border
关于边境小冲突的报道。
Example sentencesExamples
- For the next several weeks, the 82nd and the rest of the Army skirmished with the Confederates around Marietta and Kenesaw.
- There was now open skirmishing between the Greeks and the Latins.
- There was some more skirmishing over the details, but finally everyone consented.
- In the early skirmishing it was Motherwell who were the assured side.
- In recent months King has been skirmishing bitterly with Catholic bishops over immigration policy.
- Armed gangs, constituents of rival warring factions, skirmished for control of the camps.
- In short, it was to dilapidation what the American Civil War was to skirmishing.
- After skirmishing with a civilian wagon train on O'Fallon's Creek, they crossed the Yellowstone River two or three days before Christmas.
- She leaves the frame, and one of the boys is skirmishing with a football.
- The army reached Iconium in the middle of August and skirmished with Turkish forces near Heraclea later that month.
- Azmoth the Clever, a master at leadership and full of cunning, was the scouting and skirmishing army for the One.
- But they can expect little sympathy from the anti-globalisation protesters, already skirmishing yesterday with the police in south-west France.
- But by early summer, Chicago's hotel workers were skirmishing on the job.
- At age 15, he was travelling Italy with Lazio's infamous Irriducibili hooligans, skirmishing with police and opposing supporters.
- In addition to skirmishing with German patrols, the group destroyed a bridge north of Graignes to interrupt one German route to the fighting.
- He fought a war with Chad, skirmished with Egypt, and trained a commando group which attacked a city in southern Tunisia.
- The two armies skirmished occasionally throughout the month, but no serious fighting developed.
- A little after this, they skirmished briefly with Byzantine troops.
- In this context, an ideal lawn was less about skirmishing with crabgrass than defending the urban landscape from weeds.
- They could adopt a new method of combat, that is, fighting in columns and skirmishing.
Synonyms
fight, do battle with, battle with, engage with, close with, combat, clash with, come to blows with, exchange blows with, struggle with, tussle with

Origin

Middle English (as a verb): from Old French eskirmiss-, lengthened stem of eskirmir, from a Germanic verb meaning ‘defend’.

单词	skirmish
释义	Definition of skirmish in English: skirmish noun ˈskəːmɪʃˈskərmɪʃ 1An episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets. 小规模战斗，小冲突 the unit was caught in several skirmishes and the commanding officer was killed Example sentencesExamples Whites fought frequent wars and skirmishes through the later nineteenth century as they pushed into Native Americans' lands. Relations with Israel have long been contentious and border skirmishes are fought periodically between the two nations. For three years it has been negotiating peace with Manila, all the while keeping up skirmishes against the national army. The Marines who let me through the skirmish line filed their reports on Booth's death. They do not seek a decisive battle, and they prefer to engage in raids, skirmishes, and ambushes. The Constitutional Court's decision is only a skirmish in the broader battle between the executive and the judiciary. Both on its advance and retreat, Jacobites fought skirmishes at Clifton, in the Eden valley. Fix the enemy in place using skirmishes, artillery, feints, and demonstrations while probing his lines. A skirmish broke out after troops ran across a boat belonging to the rebels. McClernand reputably organized and led his brigade, division, and finally, corps in skirmishes and battles of the Western Theater. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War. Yon describes a full month of bloody skirmishes in the streets of Mosul, complete with body counts. Such incidents may seem minor, but they represent skirmishes in a larger battle. Occasional skirmishes continued over the border during the 1980s, with over 1,000 people being killed. In a few cases, their battles have been won, in others they were fighting the initial skirmishes of later battles. No, this won't be a naval skirmish with some oppressive foreign dictator. The skirmishes fought by the Gäian Retributors were bloody and their terrorist actions vicious. The key now is to tune out the ‘white noise’ and stop fighting the daily skirmishes of the last war. There were only a few minor skirmishes left, but they were quickly being ended. Now, in five years, there have been no provocations save one, a naval skirmish in 2002. Synonyms fight, battle, clash, conflict, encounter, confrontation, engagement, fray, contest, combat, tussle, scrimmage, fracas, affray, melee archaic rencounter 1.1 A short argument. 小争论，小争执 there was a skirmish over the budget 就预算问题产生了小争执。 Example sentencesExamples Carey may have won the opening skirmish, but the Europeans aren't crying uncle yet. Teddy Roosevelt was the same though he had a few minor skirmishes. Who would have bet on Mjallby being the one on the seat of his shorts trackside after an unlikely skirmish between David and Goliath? When Jock discovers his daughter with the piper, a skirmish ensues and an official inquest is called. Short of adverse personnel actions, a few skirmishes have broken out involving controversial campus events and visitors. Once in a while, there's a short skirmish and someone dies, but it's all dull and uninspired. When the emperors soldiers came to reclaim the hawk, a brief skirmish ensued and the hawk was not returned. Skirmishes continue to break out in the US over science education in public schools. None of them bothered to change out of their street clothes, expecting a short skirmish only. Stay tuned - literally - and we'll see how this latest skirmish in the media wars turns out. Both furs jumped to their feet, and a very short skirmish ensued. Other than the budget skirmishes, there just doesn't seem to be much going on. When some of the dust of those culture war skirmishes cleared, the budget of the NEA had been riven. When these disappeared, she fought and won a brief skirmish with her conscience. Yesterday there was a short skirmish in the woods outside the town of Nyda. And it's just the latest skirmish in the war over digital music, movies, and books. The favorable legal climate does not mean that skirmishes don't occur. I never got the feeling that this was an actual skirmish occurring in front of me. Synonyms argument, quarrel, squabble, contretemps, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute, disputation, contention, clash, altercation, exchange, war of words Irish, North American, &amp Australian donnybrook informal tiff, set-to, run-in, spat, dust-up British informal row, barney, ding-dong, bust-up, bit of argy-bargy, ruck British informal, Football afters Scottish informal rammy archaic broil, miff Scottish archaic threap, collieshangie verb ˈskəːmɪʃˈskərmɪʃ [no object]often as noun skirmishing Engage in a skirmish. 进行小规模战斗，发生小冲突；发生小争论 reports of skirmishing along the border 关于边境小冲突的报道。 Example sentencesExamples They could adopt a new method of combat, that is, fighting in columns and skirmishing. But they can expect little sympathy from the anti-globalisation protesters, already skirmishing yesterday with the police in south-west France. In this context, an ideal lawn was less about skirmishing with crabgrass than defending the urban landscape from weeds. In recent months King has been skirmishing bitterly with Catholic bishops over immigration policy. A little after this, they skirmished briefly with Byzantine troops. There was some more skirmishing over the details, but finally everyone consented. The two armies skirmished occasionally throughout the month, but no serious fighting developed. In the early skirmishing it was Motherwell who were the assured side. In addition to skirmishing with German patrols, the group destroyed a bridge north of Graignes to interrupt one German route to the fighting. He fought a war with Chad, skirmished with Egypt, and trained a commando group which attacked a city in southern Tunisia. The army reached Iconium in the middle of August and skirmished with Turkish forces near Heraclea later that month. For the next several weeks, the 82nd and the rest of the Army skirmished with the Confederates around Marietta and Kenesaw. There was now open skirmishing between the Greeks and the Latins. At age 15, he was travelling Italy with Lazio's infamous Irriducibili hooligans, skirmishing with police and opposing supporters. After skirmishing with a civilian wagon train on O'Fallon's Creek, they crossed the Yellowstone River two or three days before Christmas. She leaves the frame, and one of the boys is skirmishing with a football. In short, it was to dilapidation what the American Civil War was to skirmishing. But by early summer, Chicago's hotel workers were skirmishing on the job. Azmoth the Clever, a master at leadership and full of cunning, was the scouting and skirmishing army for the One. Armed gangs, constituents of rival warring factions, skirmished for control of the camps. Synonyms fight, do battle with, battle with, engage with, close with, combat, clash with, come to blows with, exchange blows with, struggle with, tussle with informal scrap with Derivatives skirmisher noun ˈskəːmɪʃəˈskərmɪʃər I knew I couldn't sleep, but I still had to keep my eyes open to watch for skirmishers, or raiders sneaking up on us in the night. Example sentencesExamples At this sign of the possible proximity of Indians, skirmishers deployed, and the advance resumed. Quickly following Miller in the charge came the infantrymen and Winters's dismounted cavalry moving as skirmishers. In several little fields were knots of skirmishers. In an earlier time, they would have been called skirmishers. Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Old French eskirmiss-, lengthened stem of eskirmir, from a Germanic verb meaning 'defend'. Definition of skirmish in US English: skirmish nounˈskərmiSHˈskərmɪʃ 1An episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets. 小规模战斗，小冲突 Example sentencesExamples No, this won't be a naval skirmish with some oppressive foreign dictator. Such incidents may seem minor, but they represent skirmishes in a larger battle. Now, in five years, there have been no provocations save one, a naval skirmish in 2002. Occasional skirmishes continued over the border during the 1980s, with over 1,000 people being killed. The skirmishes fought by the Gäian Retributors were bloody and their terrorist actions vicious. Both on its advance and retreat, Jacobites fought skirmishes at Clifton, in the Eden valley. McClernand reputably organized and led his brigade, division, and finally, corps in skirmishes and battles of the Western Theater. There were only a few minor skirmishes left, but they were quickly being ended. Yon describes a full month of bloody skirmishes in the streets of Mosul, complete with body counts. Relations with Israel have long been contentious and border skirmishes are fought periodically between the two nations. In a few cases, their battles have been won, in others they were fighting the initial skirmishes of later battles. The Marines who let me through the skirmish line filed their reports on Booth's death. A skirmish broke out after troops ran across a boat belonging to the rebels. Whites fought frequent wars and skirmishes through the later nineteenth century as they pushed into Native Americans' lands. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War. They do not seek a decisive battle, and they prefer to engage in raids, skirmishes, and ambushes. The Constitutional Court's decision is only a skirmish in the broader battle between the executive and the judiciary. Fix the enemy in place using skirmishes, artillery, feints, and demonstrations while probing his lines. For three years it has been negotiating peace with Manila, all the while keeping up skirmishes against the national army. The key now is to tune out the ‘white noise’ and stop fighting the daily skirmishes of the last war. Synonyms fight, battle, clash, conflict, encounter, confrontation, engagement, fray, contest, combat, tussle, scrimmage, fracas, affray, melee 1.1 A short argument. 小争论，小争执 there was a skirmish over the budget 就预算问题产生了小争执。 Example sentencesExamples Carey may have won the opening skirmish, but the Europeans aren't crying uncle yet. Who would have bet on Mjallby being the one on the seat of his shorts trackside after an unlikely skirmish between David and Goliath? Stay tuned - literally - and we'll see how this latest skirmish in the media wars turns out. I never got the feeling that this was an actual skirmish occurring in front of me. Skirmishes continue to break out in the US over science education in public schools. Teddy Roosevelt was the same though he had a few minor skirmishes. When some of the dust of those culture war skirmishes cleared, the budget of the NEA had been riven. None of them bothered to change out of their street clothes, expecting a short skirmish only. Both furs jumped to their feet, and a very short skirmish ensued. Other than the budget skirmishes, there just doesn't seem to be much going on. When the emperors soldiers came to reclaim the hawk, a brief skirmish ensued and the hawk was not returned. When these disappeared, she fought and won a brief skirmish with her conscience. Short of adverse personnel actions, a few skirmishes have broken out involving controversial campus events and visitors. Yesterday there was a short skirmish in the woods outside the town of Nyda. The favorable legal climate does not mean that skirmishes don't occur. And it's just the latest skirmish in the war over digital music, movies, and books. When Jock discovers his daughter with the piper, a skirmish ensues and an official inquest is called. Once in a while, there's a short skirmish and someone dies, but it's all dull and uninspired. Synonyms argument, quarrel, squabble, contretemps, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute, disputation, contention, clash, altercation, exchange, war of words verbˈskərmiSHˈskərmɪʃ [no object]often as noun skirmishing Engage in a skirmish. 进行小规模战斗，发生小冲突；发生小争论 reports of skirmishing along the border 关于边境小冲突的报道。 Example sentencesExamples For the next several weeks, the 82nd and the rest of the Army skirmished with the Confederates around Marietta and Kenesaw. There was now open skirmishing between the Greeks and the Latins. There was some more skirmishing over the details, but finally everyone consented. In the early skirmishing it was Motherwell who were the assured side. In recent months King has been skirmishing bitterly with Catholic bishops over immigration policy. Armed gangs, constituents of rival warring factions, skirmished for control of the camps. In short, it was to dilapidation what the American Civil War was to skirmishing. After skirmishing with a civilian wagon train on O'Fallon's Creek, they crossed the Yellowstone River two or three days before Christmas. She leaves the frame, and one of the boys is skirmishing with a football. The army reached Iconium in the middle of August and skirmished with Turkish forces near Heraclea later that month. Azmoth the Clever, a master at leadership and full of cunning, was the scouting and skirmishing army for the One. But they can expect little sympathy from the anti-globalisation protesters, already skirmishing yesterday with the police in south-west France. But by early summer, Chicago's hotel workers were skirmishing on the job. At age 15, he was travelling Italy with Lazio's infamous Irriducibili hooligans, skirmishing with police and opposing supporters. In addition to skirmishing with German patrols, the group destroyed a bridge north of Graignes to interrupt one German route to the fighting. He fought a war with Chad, skirmished with Egypt, and trained a commando group which attacked a city in southern Tunisia. The two armies skirmished occasionally throughout the month, but no serious fighting developed. A little after this, they skirmished briefly with Byzantine troops. In this context, an ideal lawn was less about skirmishing with crabgrass than defending the urban landscape from weeds. They could adopt a new method of combat, that is, fighting in columns and skirmishing. Synonyms fight, do battle with, battle with, engage with, close with, combat, clash with, come to blows with, exchange blows with, struggle with, tussle with Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Old French eskirmiss-, lengthened stem of eskirmir, from a Germanic verb meaning ‘defend’.
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