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sniperlike

sniperlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a sniper.

Adjective

sniperlike (comparative more sniperlike, superlative most sniperlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sniper.
    • MOSCOW, Idaho, May 21 — The gunman who killed a police officer, a church sexton and then himself in this quiet northern Idaho town over the weekend also apparently shot and killed his wife in the moments before his sniperlike shootings, the authorities said on Monday.2007 May 22, William Yardley, “Idaho Gunman Also Killed Wife, Police Say”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2016

Forms of sniperlike

comparativemore sniperlike
superlativemost sniperlike

Origin of sniperlike

From sniper + -like.

Questions about sniperlike

What does sniperlike mean?
Sniperlike means resembling or characteristic of a sniper.
What part of speech is sniperlike?
Sniperlike is an adjective.

Words near sniperlike in the dictionary

  1. snipefly
  2. snipelike
  3. sniper
  4. sniper rifle
  5. sniper rifles
  6. sniperlike
  7. snipers
  8. sniperscope
  9. sniperscopes
  10. snipes
  11. snipey

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