sniped
past simple and past participle ofsnipe
snipe
verb[I]
uk/snaɪp/us/snaɪp/toshootat someone from apositionwhere you cannot beseen:
Therebelshavestartedsnipingatcivilians.
tocriticizesomeoneunpleasantly:
Theformerministerhas been making himselfunpopularrecently, snipingathis ex-colleagues.
Guns
- automatic
- blaster
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- cock
- go off
- gunnery
- gunpoint
- gunsmith
- kick
- machine gun
- plug
- pot
- shoot
- shootsomethingdown
- shoot up
- shooter
- sniper
- sniping
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Disapproving & criticizing
Examplesofsniped
sniped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The analytical narrator must expect to besnipedat from both sides.
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Hesnipedat those who serve on local authorities at the moment.
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They break in almost against all corners, and with the possibility of beingsnipedat from one side or the other.
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These troops were then counter-attacked and, according to their statement, weresnipedat from houses in the area.
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The soldiers now beingsnipedand ambushed are the servants of the people responsible to the people.
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I remember seeing wounded men walking about the streets andsniped, because they were in khaki, from private streets.
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Is that not the answer to those who have, very damagingly in my opinion,snipedat the policy of aerial bombardment?
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I do not imagine that, in military or political terms, it is much fun beingsnipedat from behind.
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It is to draw the military on to the street to protect property, so that they can then besnipedat.
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His role should be applauded and not continuallysnipedat.
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The camp wassnipedduring the night.
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I am generally faced with the serried ranks opposite, but it is a comparatively new experience to find myself beingsnipedat from behind as well.
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Human nature is such that if you are constantlysnipedat and criticised from outside, you tend to harden the view you are holding rather than to give way.
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My constituency has, in its main town, four secondary schools, three of which are grant-maintained and successful, but allsnipedat by the leadership of the local county council.
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For the next two to four hours the two sidessnipedat each other.
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- packing-crate
- packing density
- packing house
- packing list
- packing-list
- packing material
- packing note
- packing-note
- packing plant
- packing-plant
- packing slip
- packing-slip
- pack-into
- pack it in
- pack-it-in
- pack-off
- pack-of-lies
- pack-out
- pack-rat
- pack sb in
- pack-sb-in
- pack sb off
- pack-sb-off
- packshot
- pack someone off