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• Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.From the entry collateral
• In the first scenario, a minor skirmish escalated into a multiweek maritime blockade of Taiwan by China.2026 January 19, Bonnie S. Glaser, Zack Cooper, “A Failed Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Would Be Disastrous for Xi Jinping”, in Foreign…. From the entry de-escalate
• My flesh even knows how to break dance, it's so good at winning the skirmish.2010, Lisa Samson, Club Sandwich, page 51. From the entry break dance
• Six great land battles I count, with four upon the sea, and seven-and-fifty onfalls, skirmishes and bushments.2008, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company. From the entry onfall
• There were occasional clashes and skirmishes with Chinese troops, and several hundred Chinese soldiers were killed.1969, Robert Payne, Chiang Kai-shek, New York: Weybright and Talley, page 139. From the entry Tsinan
• After only a brief skirmish on October 17, at Shanghai’s western suburbs, the Chekiang rebels withdrew back to Chiahsing in Chekiang.[1976, Donald A. Jordan, “The Expedition Moves Eastward: The Kiangsi Campaign”, in The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of…. From the entry Jiaxing
• There were a good many preliminary skirmishes.1903, The Royal Magazine, page 444. From the entry wilkinsonite
• The articles Christopher Hitchens dedicated to these real-life skirmishes left his readers in little doubt as to which side he was on.2018, Iain Ellis, Humorists vs. Religion, page 11. From the entry Hitchslap
• Loyal regiments from Naples and other provinces of the mainland fought valiantly and were victorious un several skirmishes against the redshirts near Capua.2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 196. From the entry redshirt
• Most ship-to-ship engagements are skirmishes between patrol vessels of cruiser weight and below, with dreadnoughts and carriers only deployed in full-scale fleet actions.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Space Combat Codex entry. From the entry full-scale
• Over the next few days the rebels defeated government troops in several skirmishes and forced them to withdraw from Feng-shan and return to Tainan.1999, John R. Shepard, “The Island Frontier of the Ch’ing, 1684-1780”, in Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History, M.E.…. From the entry Feng-shan
• His greatest hope was that this was not a full-scale attack, merely a skirmish at the pickethouse, like the one the night before.1988, Cynthia Van Hazinga, These United Colonies, page 338. From the entry pickethouse
• Denon’s investigations were necessarily superficial and consisted mainly in sketching the ruins of ancient Egypt from horseback in the intervals of skirmishes.1923 March 4, “Many Egyptian Relics Here”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry Ancient Egypt
• Being in a spot of bother with the Bolgers was rather like saying he'd had a brush with the Taliban or a minor skirmish with al-Qaida.2016, Siobhán MacDonald, “Mannix: October”, in Twisted River (Penguin Mystery), New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 84. From the entry spot of bother
• A group of anti-Park farmers who tried to drive into the capital on tractors and trucks had skirmishes with police overnight in Suwon, just south of the capital, Seoul.2016 December 9, “South Korea's parliament votes to impeach President Park”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2016…. From the entry Suwon
• Small skirmishes also took place, and the Afghans managed to seize a pair of mule-guns and force the British to spike and abandon two other precious guns.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, pages 235–6. From the entry spike
• I had tasted blood, and now I knew what all those pillar-legged hostelers felt as they sat around their campfires, recalling the encounters and skirmishes of the day.1968 January, Henry S. Resnik, “Passion on a Bicycle”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2022. From the entry taste blood

Meaning of skirmish

1. noun A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.
2. noun Any minor dispute.
3. noun A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons.

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How do you use skirmish in a sentence?

Skirmish is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Three people were arrested after a skirmish in a bar.”

What is a short sentence with skirmish?

“There were a good many preliminary skirmishes.”

What does skirmish mean?

Skirmish means a brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.