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Noun
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(n)
snipe
(Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks)
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snipe
(a gunshot from a concealed location)
Verb
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snipe
(hunt or shoot snipe)
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sharpshoot
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snipe
(aim and shoot with great precision)
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attack
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round
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assail
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lash out
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snipe
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assault
(attack in speech or writing)
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
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