"skirmish" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \ˈskɜːɹ.mɪʃ\ Forms: skirmishes [plural]
  1. Escarmouche.
    Sense id: fr-skirmish-en-noun-lc1zOqVM Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "Reuters, juillet 2007",
          "text": "While the turkish army suffered heavy losses during the skirmishes, the Kurdish fighters [sic] vowed to keep fighting back.",
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