Meaning & use
sniping
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Shooting at individuals from a concealed position; also, making sharp, critical, or unkind remarks, often from a safe distance.
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The soldier was trained in sniping from long range.
The two colleagues kept sniping at each other during the meeting.
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The figurative sense of 'sniping'—making cutting remarks—extends the military meaning to verbal attacks made indirectly.
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