Noun

• S: (n) snipe (Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks)
• S: (n) snipe (a gunshot from a concealed location)

Verb

• S: (v) snipe (hunt or shoot snipe)
• S: (v) sharpshoot, snipe (aim and shoot with great precision)
• S: (v) attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault (attack in speech or writing) "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws) "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"
• S: (v) reprimand, censure, criminate (rebuke formally)
• S: (v) savage, blast, pillory, crucify (criticize harshly or violently) "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
• S: (v) admonish, reprove, reproof (take to task) "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
• S: (v) call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast (censure severely or angrily) "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
• S: (v) reprehend (express strong disapproval of)
• S: (v) deplore (express strong disapproval of) "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners"
• S: (v) belabor, belabour (attack verbally with harsh criticism) "She was belabored by her fellow students"
• S: (v) come down (criticize or reprimand harshly) "The critics came down hard on the new play"
• S: (v) denounce (speak out against) "He denounced the Nazis"
• S: (v) blame, find fault, pick (harass with constant criticism) "Don't always pick on your little brother"
• S: (v) disparage, belittle, pick at (express a negative opinion of) "She disparaged her student's efforts"
• S: (v) nitpick (be overly critical; criticize minor details)
• S: (v) attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault (attack in speech or writing) "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
• S: (v) harsh on (criticize harshly) "the teacher keeps harshing on the same kid"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame