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mid-level clashes

English translation: Clashes which are not major ones

15:01 Dec 12, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Military / Defense
English term or phrase: mid-level clashes
During the American Civil War, the area around Albertville was the scene of several mid-level clashes between Union and Confederate forces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertville,_Alabama
Alexandre Reis
Brazil
Local time: 04:24
Selected answer:Clashes which are not major ones
Explanation:
Mid-level clashes is used to indicate the low intensity of the clashes, perhaps in terms of bloodshed.
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Anand Anuvad
India
Local time: 12:54
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Clashes which are not major ones


Explanation:
Mid-level clashes is used to indicate the low intensity of the clashes, perhaps in terms of bloodshed.

Anand Anuvad
India
Local time: 12:54
Native speaker of: Hindi
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jccantrell: Yeah, they are not major battles but also not a skirmish of a dozen guys.
3 hrs
  -> thanks!
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: perhaps not hugely important clashes in overall scheme: somewhere between major and minor clashes
21 hrs
  -> right Gallagy, thanks!
agree  Tushar Deep
6 days
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