SKIRMISHED Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

skirmished

verb

past tense of skirmish

as in brawled

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The teams brawled on the outside for minutes, but the chants started up again.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 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

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But the seeds are planted quickly for weightier themes to be explored later.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Kearns gushed in a 2015 interview that his dream creative collaboration would be directing a project written by his daughter that explored race.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of explored

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OpenAI also disclosed Friday that its agents probed three US government websites without authorization, but in that case did not obtain non-public data.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
In it, Penn State researchers probed how AI would choose whoshould receive a donor kidney, one of the thorniest issues in medical ethics.

— Amanda Erickson, STAT, 22 Sep. 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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Fabscrap was founded in 2016 by New York City Department of Sanitation employee Jessica Schreiber.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
King Promise founded Rent Paid to fundraise for local community charities, including the Nungua Orphanage, which provides support to those under 16 in the area.

— Sophie Williams, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of found

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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

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The remains, discovered at a Greek border area 60 years ago, were flown to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, aboard a military aircraft that was escorted by Bulgarian air force fighter jets from the country's border with Greece.

— COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Kim’s laboratory previously discovered that molten bismuth can act like a chemical sponge, cleanly capturing rare-earth elements out of liquid salts.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

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