ˈsniper

/ ˈsnaɪpə /

noun

1. a rifleman who fires from a concealed place, esp a military marksman who fires from cover usually at long ranges at individual enemy soldiers

Example Sentences

Trump, 78, was the target of two assassination plots - narrowly avoiding a sniper's bullet in Pennsylvania.

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"We saw a few in the beta already, with people doing some incredible things with sniper rifles."

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He was looking at sniper positions and examining the stage through a gun rangefinder.

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The Saturday before Mr Miller's arrest, Trump held his second rally in Butler, Pennsylvania this year, the same place were his ear was bloodied after a sniper fired multiple shots in his direction, killing one person in the crowd.

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Holly met MacPhail at army cadets, where he learned how to covertly follow targets and had expressed an interest in becoming a sniper.

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Related Words

• assassin
• sharpshooter