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- noun Plural form of
sapper .
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Examples
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Even this number was found insufficient in his campaigns in Germany and Spain, and he was obliged to organize an additional number of sappers from the Italian and French auxiliaries.
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If a dog signals a bomb is in a car, the handler will throw the dog a toy - and also alert other police officers to search the car or call in combat engineers, called sappers, who clear the bomb.
NYT > Home Page By ANDREW E. KRAMER 2011
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Smith's engineers, or "sappers," had broken through the 10-foot-high concrete-block southern wall with a military bulldozer and begun turning the compound into a temporary "pen" for Iraqi prisoners as U.S. forces pressed their attack on the airport.
From On High 2006
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Smith's engineers, or "sappers," had broken through the 10-foot-high concrete-block southern wall with a military bulldozer and begun turning the compound into a temporary "pen" for Iraqi prisoners as U.S. forces pressed their attack on the airport.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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Supporting them was an engineer section with copious quantities of high explosives; the 'sappers' ostentatiously practiced by knocking down those settlements which Israel had agreed to abandon.
The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991
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"We are prepared with special police forces such as sappers and CSI teams," a spokeswoman said.
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The North Vietnamese also had commandos ( "sappers"), who, while small in number, caused a lot of anxiety among U.S. troops.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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"sappers," or combat engineers who clear routes with explosives and detonate roadside bombs and mines.
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He decided it was time for a stroll to see how his sappers (guys who dug holes in castle walls) were doing.
5 Ways the Robin Hood Legend Affects Our Lives Today | myFiveBest 2009
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The charr had closed off the eastern and western roads, and their sappers had dug zigzag trenches approaching the walls.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
chained_bear commented on the word sappers
"SAPPERS, men belonging to the artificers, whose business it is to work in the saps lines between trenches." (citation in list description)
October 9, 2008