SKIRMISHED Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

skirmished

verb

past tense of skirmish

as in brawled

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Verb

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

Definition of brawled

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As Godard portrayed it, the Greek epic was almost fated to attract and stump the most ambitious directors of our time, something that The New Yorker recently explored on the eve of Christopher Nolan’s adaptation.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Researchers have explored its role in skin repair and in producing collagen and elastin.

— Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of explored

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Then, Democrats, battered by their losses and contending with retirements of their own, appeared boxed out in all but a few states.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Most items still manage to feel like a value given the generous portion sizes for the price point and many tables around me had leftovers boxed up to take home.

— Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of boxed

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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 was founded by Kush Agarwal and Arvin Singh, who have backgrounds in aerospace engineering and aircraft development at the University of California, Los Angeles.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Jacob Bickelhaupt co-founded the now-shuttered Konro restaurant in West Palm Beach, where his ex-wife was a partner.

— Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of found

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Although not a complete accounting of workers in these offices, the Post ascertained their demographics and current statuses by examining organizational charts, professional profiles and social media.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Some of the data on the laptop was later ascertained to belong to Hunter Biden.

— Ryan Lucas, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of ascertained

Verb

Filling in because of an injury, Tucker, a freshman, has discovered the importance of getting the ball to Davis, who has 11 touchdown receptions.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Kriemler first discovered Jungwirth’s paintings at Thaddaeus Ropac about five years ago, traveling expressly to Bilbao, Spain, two years ago just to catch the big Jungwirth retrospective at the Guggenheim there.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

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