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skirmish

/ˈskəːmɪʃ/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈskəːmɪʃ/
skirmish
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

skir - mish -> skirmish

Myanmar meaning

(n) တိုက်ပွဲငယ်။စစ်တပ်ချင်း အနည်းငယ်တိုက်ခိုက်ရခြင်း။စကားစစ်ထိုးခြင်း။

Full entry

skirmish /'sk#:mǃ/ n

၁။ (တပ်ဖွဲ့ငယ်အချင်းချင်း) ထိတွေ့ခြင်း၊ ပစ်ခတ်မှုဖြစ်ပွားခြင်း။ a brief skirmish on the frontier.
၂။ (အုပ်စုချင်း၊ နိုင်ငံရေးပါတီချင်း စသည်) အပြန်အလှန် ပုတ်ခတ် ငြင်းခုံပွဲ။ a skirmish between the two party leaders. Compare PITCHED BATTLE
v ထိတွေ့သည်။ အပြန်အလှန်တိုက်ခိုက်သည်။
skir- misher n
❏ skirmishing n [U] ရုန်းရင်းဆန်ခတ်ပွဲ။
Several people were injured in the skirmishing between police and demonstrators.

More examples
  • An officer was killed in a skirmish with guerillas.
  • A major skirmish in the battle over gay rights
  • Verbal skirmishes
Synonyms
battle, fight, combat, scuffle, clash, conflict, brawl, encounter, tussle, altercate, altercation, argue, argument, bicker, bout, brush, confrontation, cross swords, disagreement, dispute, do battle, engage, engagement, feud, fisticuffs, fracas, fray, go to war, grapple, melee, mix it up, quarrel, row, ruckus, rumble, run-in, scrap, spar, strife, struggle, tiff, wage war, war, wrangle, wrestle
Antonyms
accord, agree, agreement, calm, concord, harmonize, harmony, let go, make peace, peace, release, retreat, surrender, truce, yield
Cross references
battlefightcombatscuffleclashconflictbrawlencountertusslealtercatealtercationargueargumentbickerboutbrushconfrontationcross swordsdisagreementdisputedo battleengageengagementfeudfisticuffsfracasfraygo to war
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