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COUNTERMINE

Dictionary entry overview: What does countermine mean?

• COUNTERMINE (noun)
The noun COUNTERMINE has 1 sense:

1. (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy

Familiarity information: COUNTERMINE used as a noun is very rare.

• COUNTERMINE (verb)
The verb COUNTERMINE has 2 senses:

1. destroy property or hinder normal operations
2. destroy enemy mines with one's own mines

Familiarity information: COUNTERMINE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COUNTERMINE (noun)

Sense 1

countermine ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

(military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("countermine" is a kind of...):

countermeasure (an action taken to offset another action)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

• COUNTERMINE (verb)

Sense 1

countermine ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Destroy property or hinder normal operations

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

countermine; sabotage; undermine; subvert; weaken; counteract

Context example:

The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war

Hypernyms (to "countermine" is one way to...):

disobey (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "countermine"):

derail (cause to run off the tracks)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

countermine ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Destroy enemy mines with one's own mines

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

We countermined the banks of the river

Hypernyms (to "countermine" is one way to...):

mine (lay mines)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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