paintball
noun
paint·ball
ˈpānt-ˌbȯl 
: a game in which two teams try to capture each other's flag while defending their own using compressed-air guns that shoot paint-filled pellets
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Portions of a paintball playing field just downstream of the bridge begin to flood.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Participants spray each other with water guns, paintball or airsoft guns until there is a winner who has not been soaked.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Additionally, the executive team extends invitations to employees’ families to multiple team-building functions like cookouts, paintball, and the annual corporate trip to Mexico.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
In the 1990s, as Cold War tensions relaxed, bunkers even played host to paintball and band practice, or served as community centers.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Participants spray each other with water guns, paintball or airsoft guns until there is a winner who has not been soaked.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Additionally, the executive team extends invitations to employees’ families to multiple team-building functions like cookouts, paintball, and the annual corporate trip to Mexico.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
In the 1990s, as Cold War tensions relaxed, bunkers even played host to paintball and band practice, or served as community centers.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Paintball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paintball. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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