Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 63 fierce clashes 56 sporadic clashes 55 fiercest battles 55 battles 54 skirmishes 53 fiercest fighting 52 clashes 50 firefight 50 battle 50 Fierce fighting 50 skirmishing 50 gunbattles 49 Skirmishes 49 firefights 49 Sporadic clashes 49 fierce firefight 48 titanic battle 48 gunbattle 46 fighting 46 bloodiest battles 46 violent clashes 45 titanic struggle 44 confrontations 44 gunfight 44 skirmish 44 violent confrontations 44 Clashes erupted 43 showdowns 43 fierce gunbattle 43 Clashes 43 clashes erupted 43 bloodiest 42 tense standoff 42 battles raged 42 gunfights 42 Violent clashes 42 Battles 41 scuffles 41 battle royale 41 fierce 40 clash 39 Battle 39 duel 39 factional fighting 39 bitter feud 39 Nahr al Bared camp 39 bombardments 38 artillery pounded 38 bloody 38 skirmished 38 hotly contested 38 offensives 38 confrontation 38 duels 38 militiamen loyal 37 ambushes 37 slugfests 37 Fighting 37 tussles 37 tussle 37 showdown 37 separatist rebellion 37 urban warfare 37 sporadic gunfire 37 fiercest 36 sectarian clashes 36 Maroun al Ras 36 sparring 36 clashed 36 bloodletting 36 donnybrook 36 raged 36 aerial bombardments 36 slugfest 36 indiscriminate shelling 35 al Sadr militiamen 35 waged 35 verbal duel 35 artillery bombardment 35 Heavy gunfire 35 turf battles 35 Islamist insurgents 35 raging 35 Firefight 35 Bin Jawad 35 heated debate 35 heated debates 35 relative lull 35 besieging 35 standoffs 35 wrested control 35 insurgent bastion 35 siege 35 artillery barrages 35 verbal sparring 35 Sectarian violence 35 trench warfare 35 airstrikes 35 Shah Wali Kot 34 Bloodshed 34 Diyala province northeast