sniper

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snip·er

(snī′pər)

1. A skilled military shooter detailed to spot and pick off enemy soldiers from a concealed place.

2. One who shoots at other people from a concealed place.

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sniper

(ˈsnaɪpə)

(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a rifleman who fires from a concealed place, esp a military marksman who fires from cover usually at long ranges at individual enemy soldiers

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snip•er

(ˈsnaɪ pər)
n.

a person who shoots at individuals from a concealed or distant position.

[1820–25]

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Noun

sniper - a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place

crack shot, marksman, sharpshooter - someone skilled in shooting

Translations

قَنّاص

střelec ze zálohy

snigskytte

ScharfschützeSniperHeckenschütze

ελεύθερος σκοπευτής

tarkka-ampuja

sniper tireur

snajperist

orvlövész

leyniskytta

bersagliere cecchino tiratore

snikskytter

strelec zo zálohy

keskin nişancıpusudan ateş eden kişi

bắn tỉa

狙击手

sniper

[ˈsnaɪpəʳ] N → francotirador(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sniper

[ˈsnaɪpə^r] n (= marksman) → tireur m embusqué

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sniper

n → Heckenschütze m → /-schützin f; sniper-fire → Heckenschützenfeuer nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sniper

[ˈsnaɪpəʳ] n → franco tiratore m, cecchino

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

snipe

(snaip) : snipe at

to shoot at (someone) from a hidden position. The rebels were sniping at the government troops.

ˈsniper noun

The soldier was shot by a sniper.

References in classic literature ?

Immediately his attention was centered upon the spot where he knew a sniper must be hid.

There was a moment of futile struggling followed by the sudden realization of dissolution--the sniper was dead.

By this time the Germans were aware that something was amiss--that an uncanny sniper had discovered a point of vantage from which this sector of the trenches was plainly visible to him.

It did not take them long to locate the position of the hidden sniper and then Tarzan saw a machine gun being trained upon him.

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Every now and then through the stillness came the sharp crack of a rifle from the snipers lying hidden in the little stretches of woodland and marshland away on the right.

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"There was no sniper, no shots fired, and no gunshot injury sustained to his shoulder," Wegener (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/la-sheriff-s-deputy-who-claimed-he-was-shot-sniper-n1046141) said .

Deputy Admits To Concocting Sniper Incident

According to the terms of this stage, two participants are selected from each team participating in the contest and mixed sniper pairs are created.

The fourth stage of the "Sniper Frontier" contest was held

Othman also said investigators have not found any bullets the sniper may have fired.

Report: Police probe on Najib's sniper attack claim still open

The bullet, presumably from the sniper rifle, was fired from the house and went through the vital organs of the soldier," the National Security Committee said.

Special task force soldier died presumably of sniper rifle bullet, State National Security Committee says

Most armies expected a sniper to fire a shot from a good hide, then move.

WORLD WAR II SNIPERS: MYTHS, REALITIES, TOOLS OF THE TRADE

He noted that even though the substance was being used by people to commit suicide and used as a preservative on foods which was toxic and very unhealthy, a sniper was an insecticide for other useful purposes.