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Definition of Snipers
1. sniper [n] - See also: sniper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snipers
Literary usage of Snipers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Fourteen Months at the Front: An American Boy's Baptism of Fire by William J. Robinson (1916)
"... road was alive with snipers. In some way they would get through our lines,
and secrete themselves along the road where they could pick off individuals ..."
2. First Call: Guide Posts to Berlin by Arthur Guy Empey (1918)
"... GUNS AND snipers "EVERY soldier in the army should know how to operate a
machine gun in case of emergency. You can never tell when it will be needed. ..."
3. The Heel of War by George Brinton McClellan (1916)
"Houses were fired in order to smote out the "snipers." Cathedral and art treasures
saved from fire by German soldiers. Stagnation of Antwerp. ..."
4. The Heel of War by George Brinton McClellan (1916)
"Houses were fired In order to smoke out the "snipers." Cathedral and art treasures
saved from fire by German soldiers. Stagnation of Antwerp. ..."
5. How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith by Donald MacDonald (1900)
"... IX THE VAGARIES OF SHELL Some narrow escapes—Firing on the Red Cross—The
rival " snipers "—The first woman wounded—A plucky spy—The Liver- pools suffer. ..."
6. Ambulancing on the French Front by Edward Royal Coyle (1918)
"CHAPTER XV "snipers" AT WORK THE "sniper" of the present war would have been
called a "sharpshooter" during the war of the rebellion. ..."
7. Map Reading and Intelligence Training by C. D. A. Barber (1917)
"If a line is taken over in which the enemy's snipers have been allowed to get
the upper hand, the first task is the location of the enemy's snipers' posts. ..."
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