Detailed translations for "skirmish"

skirmish

1. military

skirmish
das Scharmützel{neuter}
Before yet more Danes arrive, before Wessex crumbles, skirmish by skirmish, raid by raid, piece by
Bevor weitere Dänen kommen, bevor Wessex zerfällt, Scharmützel um Scharmützel, Angriff um Angriff.
You do that with this enemy... and it won't be some border skirmish halfway around the world.
Wenn Sie das mit diesem Feind tun, wird das kein kleines Scharmützel irgendwo weit weg.
skirmish
das Geplänkel{neuter}
That will be a skirmish in comparison to what we can expect now.
- Und das in Afrika? - War Geplänkel gegen das, was uns jetzt erwartet.

2. figurative

skirmish
der Schlagabtausch{masculine}

to skirmish

to skirmish

English synonyms for "skirmish"

skirmish {n}

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