sniping

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sniping

/ˈsnaɪpɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aɪpɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of snipe

noun snipings

A shooting from a concealed place. Although the army later returned control to civilian authorities, deaths from election clashes and terrorist bombings and snipings continued to occur, and became more frequent in the late 1970s.

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@misc{sniping_2026,
  title = {sniping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sniping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}