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Skirmish Meaning in French |
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French
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échauffourée
, escarmouche
, accrochage
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Skirmish
- (v. i.) To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.
- (v. i.) A slight contest.
- (v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
Synonyms:
Brush, Clash, Encounter,
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• Skirmisher
- (n.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.
- (n.) One who skirmishes.
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