SKIRMISHED Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

skirmished

verb

past tense of skirmish

as in brawled

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Punk and Rhodes brawled as WWE officials pulled them apart before SmackDown went off the air.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Another worker described the chaos as well over a dozen teens brawled inside the diner.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 17 June 2026

Definition of brawled

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First, there was Green Porno, her series of shorts that launched in 2008 on the Sundance Channel and explored some of the more bizarre mating behaviors in nature.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
Crutchfield and Molt’s rivalry is explored in the book Stolen World by Jennie Erin Smith—like Monsters of God’s first episode, the author uses the two men as a window into how smuggling has fuelled the popularity of reptiles in modern America.

— Rory Doherty, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of explored

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David Ellison and co will now have to wait until September 1 at the very earliest to discover if the deal will be either probed or greenlit by British regulators.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 July 2026
The event began with an interactive quiz for attendees, who were probed on their Heartstopper trivia.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

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With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
The arena serves as the home arena for the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL and has been prospected as a venue for a new or re-located National Hockey League team in Quebec City.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

Definition of prospected

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Deierlein says that these measures are needed in the short term—at least until the cause of the damage can be ascertained.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 July 2026
Who had what — or more specifically, half of what — must be ascertained before figuring in tax and tip.

— Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2026

Definition of ascertained

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Modi’s rise India is widely considered to be where diamonds were first discovered, with the earliest finds dating back more than 4,000 years.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Klotho was discovered in the late 1990s, by accident, by a group of Japanese scientists who were tinkering with the genes of mice.

— Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2026

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