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Significados de skirmish en inglés

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catalán
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español
escaramuza

A minor short-term fight.

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portugués
escaramuça
español
escaramuza
catalán
escaramussa

Military or paramilitary conflict, attack, fight or shooting that is shorter in scope or duration than a typical battle.

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Uso de skirmish en inglés
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So far as he is concerned, that is just an opening skirmish.
The accident man
2
Early reports said there was a skirmish and Prince Charles fell awkwardly.
The Irish Times
3
Dennis Skinner sees everything as a skirmish in the great class war.
The Guardian
4
The machine had won the opening skirmish in the railroad regulation controversy.
Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909
5
Today we lose as many in a skirmish in the Polish marshes.
Greenmantle
6
Poor Sempland had been captured in an obscure skirmish late in 1861.
A Little Traitor to the South / A War Time Comedy with a Tragic ...
7
At the close of the skirmish which ensued, General Davidson was killed.
Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical ...
8
The demand was insatiable because every skirmish among enemies ended in fire.
Island beneath the sea
9
Regular interval in skirmish line ½ pace = 1 yard per man.
Military Instructors Manual
10
So the Jackson boys had luck with them in their first skirmish.
Historic Boyhoods
11
Haller picked up the reading at the point the skirmish had ended.
The reversal
12
Here is the check, and she began to skirmish in her purse.
Janice Day at Poketown
13
But Patten had won in the initial skirmish with old man Death.
The Bells of San Juan
14
That was a three-day slugfest, made Hope look like a minor skirmish.
World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
15
On they tear again, the whole body pushing on in skirmish-like dispersion.
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
16
A brisk skirmish ensued, several were killed, and the patrol driven in.
Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical ...
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Skirmish a través del tiempo
Skirmish por variante geográfica
Reino Unido
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Estados Unidos de América
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