Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 60 confrontations 58 deadly skirmishes 56 violent confrontations 55 skirmishes 54 clashes 53 violent clashes 52 scuffles 51 Confrontations 50 confrontation 50 escalating tensions 49 Sporadic fighting 49 Sporadic clashes 48 tensions 48 sporadic clashes 48 tense standoff 48 Deadly clashes 47 bloody skirmishes 47 fierce battles 47 heightened tensions 47 heightening tensions 47 skirmish 47 standoff 47 fierce clashes 47 naval skirmish 46 Sporadic violence 46 Clashes erupted 46 tense 46 standoffs 46 Clashes erupt 46 gunbattles 46 showdowns 45 diplomatic spat 45 antigovernment protests 45 gunfights 45 easing tensions 45 territorial disputes 45 Skirmishes 45 antigovernment protesters 45 provocations 45 heightened tension 44 belligerent rhetoric 44 altercations 44 brawls 44 protests 44 territorial dispute 44 Fierce clashes 44 firefights 44 naval maneuvers 44 mutual recriminations 44 ease tensions 44 heavily armed 43 bloodshed 43 flashpoints 43 uprisings 43 mortar barrages 43 naval drills 43 Violent clashes 43 bloody 43 simmering tensions 43 Violence flared 43 melees 43 incursions 43 disputed maritime 42 fistfights 42 separatist Georgian 42 Escalating violence 42 bloodiest 42 tensions flared 42 heated debates 42 retaliatory attacks 42 naval exercises 41 minor scuffles 41 unrest 41 physical altercations 41 frictions 41 chaotic scenes 41 defusing tensions 41 bloody crackdown 41 brutal crackdowns 41 rebellions 41 Armored vehicles 41 clashes erupted 41 defuse tensions 41 battles 41 firing mortar shells 41 spats 41 tension 41 fiercest fighting 41 retaliations 41 Tensions escalated 41 factional clashes 41 factional fighting 40 verbal barbs 40 demonstrations 40 aerial bombardments 40 firefight ensued 40 gunbattle 40 assaults 40 uprising 40 hostilities 40 al Sadr loyalists