What is another word for scuffles?

Pronunciation: [skˈʌfə͡lz] (IPA)

"Scuffles" is a synonym for "brawls," "fights," "struggles," and "skirmishes." Other synonyms include "clashes," "altercations," "quarrels," and "melees." In addition, "scuffles" can also be described as "tussles," "scrapes," and "scrambles." These words connote the physical and sometimes violent nature of the conflict. When referring to non-physical or verbal disagreements, synonyms for "scuffles" may include "disagreements," "controversies," "debates," and "disputes." Each synonym for "scuffles" can add a slightly different nuance to the situation, but all imply that there is some level of conflict or disagreement occurring.

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Usage examples for Scuffles

Yet there were men in the crowd who looked longingly at it, and a few scuffles occurred in attempts to get some.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford
And in the fourth place, if a boy scuffles and falls down, he should never sit right flat down in a prickly pear, but he did.
"The-Life-of-Me-an-autobiography"
Johnson, Clarence Edgar
It is the happy privilege of the true romancer to find history his handmaid, and to make obscure events immortal, whether they be the scuffles of Greeks and barbarians outside a small town in Asia Minor, or the lynching of a dissolute adventurer by an Edinburgh mob at the Grassmarket.
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy

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