mock battle
Pretend military engagement
A mock battle is a simulated military engagement for training, entertainment, or commemoration—fought without intent to harm.
Soldiers conduct mock battles to practice tactics; historical reenactors stage them to recreate famous engagements: The mock battle drew thousands of Civil War enthusiasts.
The term extends to any pretend conflict: The children's mock battle with cardboard swords lasted all afternoon.
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
- sparringPractice combat training
- war gamesSimulated combat training
- drillHole-boring device
- military drillRegimented training exercises
field exercise · exercise · joust · jousting tournament · duel · sword fight · training · maneuvers · fencing · clash · combat · simulation · practice · scrimmage · tournament · melee · charge · tactics
- roughhousingroughhouse, roughhousing, rough play, rough and tumble, horseplay
- Philippine historypresidents, Spanish rule, vice president, revolutionaries, Imelda
- Gladiatorsgladiator, gladiators, arena, combat, gladius
- reenactmenthistorical reenactment, living history, war reenactment, encampments, tent camps
- mock performancesparody song, mockumentary, spoof, lampoon, send-up
- military trainingfield manual, drill instructor, training manual, combat drills, drilling
mock battlearmed conflict
Military combat between groups
hot war · shooting war · firefight · military action · combat action
mock battlemortal combat
Life-or-death fighting
fight to the finish · total war · decisive battle · pitched battle · bloodbath
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