skirmish
/ˈskɜrmɪʃ/
noun
- A brief, small-scale fight between small groups, often part of a larger battle.
- The soldiers fought a skirmish near the river before the main battle.
- Historians recorded a minor skirmish between the two patrols.
- A skirmish broke out at the border, but it ended quickly.
- A short, often heated argument or disagreement.
- A skirmish between the two politicians was caught on camera.
- The meeting started with a skirmish over the budget.
- They had a verbal skirmish about who should lead the project.
Antonyms
verb
- To engage in a brief, small-scale fight or conflict.
- The scouts skirmished with the enemy troops at dawn.
- Rebel forces skirmished with government soldiers near the village.
- The two armies skirmished along the ridge for several hours.
- To engage in a short, often heated argument or dispute.
- They skirmished briefly about the best way to solve the problem.
- The lawyers skirmished over the wording of the contract.
- The siblings skirmished over who would get the last piece of cake.