Sniping

//ˈsnaɪpɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of snipe form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"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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