as in serpents
a limbless reptile with a long body
a viper sliding silently through the field
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Recent Examples of vipers
Other shipments sent by Lin included alligator lizards, venomous green tree vipers and palm pit vipers, all protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
Now, young people are buying venomous pet vipers.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
The vipers closed their jaws to inject the venom only when their fangs were comfortably in place.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Splinter after splinter flopping onto the stone threshold, tsss, tsss, hissing like a nest of vipers.
—Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
During these visits in October 2024 and March 2025, the team encountered three more Ottoman vipers around Aggitis.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
Now, young people are buying venomous pet vipers.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
The vipers closed their jaws to inject the venom only when their fangs were comfortably in place.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Splinter after splinter flopping onto the stone threshold, tsss, tsss, hissing like a nest of vipers.
—Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
During these visits in October 2024 and March 2025, the team encountered three more Ottoman vipers around Aggitis.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vipers
Noun
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Dark-orange lines, like heavy serpents, stripe the sands, gray rivers stripe the sands.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Were a lot of serpents biting people in those days.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There are no snakes, no venomous spiders, no large predators like wild cats or monkeys, and no scorpions.—
James Barrett,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Feb. 2026
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In videos shared on social media, handlers could be seen removing two snakes from Nwangene's home and a bystander was heard identifying one as a cobra.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Vipers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vipers. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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