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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For decades, engineering, technical, and industrial processes first explored as methods of keeping nations safe or attacking enemies have also found their way into the civilian world.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
In April, the family explored Portugal for 10 days, stopping in cities like Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of explored

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But, practically speaking, none of it is imaginable or executable without digital technologies that are fundamentally black-boxed, inscrutable to individual cops on the beat and institutional decision-makers alike.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
When the vehicle slowed for a group of kids, Rivera boxed him in.

— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of boxed

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Democrats have also had their share of foot-in-the-mouth moments when probed about their takes on geopolitics.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
There is depth and detail that can be navigated and known, probed and plundered for rewards — and the best way to do all of that is with a manual telescope.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of probed

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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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The company, founded in 1995, has grown through a combination of scale and acquisitions, building an operation that spans much of the food supply chain.

— Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The trio, who founded the startup, were sued for securities fraud, common law fraud, and breach of contract.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of found

Verb

The nationalities of 111 other missing people had yet to be ascertained, authorities said.

— Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
The only clear purpose that can be ascertained from the statute is that it is supposed to encourage the investment of new capital in low-income communities.

— Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of ascertained

Verb

Multiple playable pre-release versions of Portal 2 contain some of the most intriguing cut content discovered so far.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 30 Aug. 2026
For decades, an attacker discovered a vulnerability, a security tool generated an alert, an analyst investigated it, the issue was escalated and eventually someone decided what to do.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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