skirmish
a minor short-term fight (Freq. 3) • Syn: brush, clash, encounter • Derivationally related forms: encounter (for: encounter) • Hypernyms: fight, fighting, combat, scrap • Hyponyms: contretemps
engage in a skirmish (Freq. 1) • Derivationally related forms: skirmisher • Hypernyms: contend, fight, struggle • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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