Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

countersniper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coun-ter-sniper
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to prevent the shots of snipers.

noun

A soldier trained to fight against snipers.

Example Sentences

""This countersniper made an amazingly quick decision and clearly saved Trump's life," Bill Pickle, the former special agent in charge of Al Gore's vice-presidential Secret Service detail, said."
"The New York Times used drone photography to build a 3-D model and recreate the lines of sight for both the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and three teams of countersnipers — two federal and one local."
"“Just an FYI, we had a younger white male, long hair, lurking around the AGR building,” a local countersniper said at 5:42 p.m., according to a time-stamped transcript of encrypted radio communications obtained by The Washington Post."

Etymology

From counter- + sniper.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: counter-
Suffix: sniper

Inflected Forms

countersnipers (plural)

Synonyms

antisniper

Questions

What does countersniper mean?: Serving to prevent the shots of snipers.
Where does countersniper come from?: From counter- + sniper.

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