English to English
countermine
('k/&//U/nt/@/,m/aI/n
)
noun (n)
- (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- destroy property or hinder normal operations(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- destroy enemy mines with one's own mines(verb.competition)Example:
We countermined the banks of the river.
source: wordnet30 - To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.(verb)source: webster1913
- To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.(verb)source: webster1913
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