noun
- soldiers who specialize in digging trenches, tunnels, and fortifications, or in demolishing enemy structures
Usage: military
Examples
- The sappers worked through the night to dig defensive trenches.
- Enemy sappers had tunneled under the fortress walls.
- The regiment’s sappers were trained in explosives and demolition.
- Sappers cleared the minefield before the infantry advanced.
- The sappers used specialized equipment to breach the concrete barrier.
- During the siege, sappers on both sides engaged in underground warfare.