SCRIMMAGE (WITH) Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

scrimmage (with)

verb

Definition of scrimmage (with)

as in to fight

to oppose (someone) in physical conflict growing up in the inner city he had often scrimmaged with neighborhood toughs

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If your body has been asking you in a few ways to slow down (like feeling a cough coming on, or a tiredness that won’t shake off), stop fighting against what your body or heart is trying to tell you.

— Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2026
Only one helicopter was able to scoop water from the sea to fight the blaze.

— Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of fight

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Many places like South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China are battling demographic crises as birth rates fall and elderly populations swell.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
Aang and his friends must now battle Tagah and The Denied to once again save the world.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 25 July 2026

Definition of battle

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The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday, resisting for now pressure from inside its own ranks to raise rates to combat persistently high inflation.

— Andrew Ackerman, Washington Post, 29 July 2026
To combat this, leaders are urged to ask frontline staff about customer complaints and ways to ease their jobs, as they are best positioned to identify friction points and improve overall service.

— Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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