Meaning

1 senses
  1. A long-range rifle, usually equipped with a telescopic sight and often a night vision device.

    Scharfschützengewehr

    сна́йперская винто́вкаsnájperskaja vintóvka

    снайперська гвинтівкаsnajpersʹka hvyntivka

More definitions
  • an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away

Examples

2 sentences
  1. This game has no sniper rifles, so you can't snipe in it.

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  2. Statistics showed that few players were using the sniper rifle, so the developers reduced its reload time.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
long-range rifle:
Русский
By meaning 1
long-range rifle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
long-range rifle:

Forms

plural: sniper rifles
Singularsniper rifle
Pluralsniper rifles

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away:precision rifle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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