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sniper Definition

sniper (snīpər)

noun

a person, esp. a soldier, who snipes

sniper Synonyms

sniper

n.

sharpshooter, gunman, hired assassin; see killer, rifleman.

sniper Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • kill: Ingleby with a snap shot killed the sniper, who was at an upstairs window.

Converse of subject

  • kill: They were his last words; seconds later, he was killed by a sniper!
  • wound: He went to Gallipoli, where he was wounded by a Turkish sniper in October.

Adjective modifier

  • Serbian: Serbian snipers had taken positions on the roof of a school across the street.
  • German: To make matters worse, the attack now allowed numerous German snipers to take up positions.
  • Russian: A dense line of defensive gabions has failed to protect this unknown soldier of the 90th Perthshire Light Infantry possibly from a Russian sniper.
  • Japanese: A few well placed Japanese snipers could hold up an American advance for hours.
  • American: You don't play for either side either, instead stepping into the boots of an American sniper.

Modifies a noun

  • rifle: Take his gun, which is a sniper rifle with twice the range.
  • bullet: This brave, devoted daughter was shot by a sniper bullet in her parents ' yard.
  • fire: We had a shooting at the Regency hotel, what looks like sniper fire through a window.
  • scope: The land will belong to the man in the forest with the sniper scope.
  • shot: In fact there was no sniper shot on Inglis's factory, that is correct.

Noun used with modifier

  • enemy: Enemy snipers will have a yellow arrow indicator them.
  • army: It is believed that three civilians were killed by army snipers replying to the gunfire.

Possessives

  • bullet: A single sniper's bullet will change the course of history.
  • rifle: Martin Pegler with a US Springfield 1903 sniper's rifle.
  • nest: In the paranoid world of the conspiracy theorist the elegantly positioned mezzanine level becomes the perfect sniper's nest.

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