About The Word Countermine
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Countermine
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What's The Definition Of Countermine?
[n] (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy
[v] destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; "We countermined the banks of the river" [v] destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" Synonyms | Synonyms for Countermine: counteract | sabotage | subvert | undermine | weaken Related Terms | Find terms related to Countermine: abri | angle | approach trench | brew | bunker | cabal | collude | communication trench | complot | concoct | connive | conspire | cook up | counterplot | coupure | ditch | double sap | dugout | engineer | entrenchment | finagle | finesse | fire trench | flying sap | fortified tunnel | fosse | foxhole | frame | frame up | gallery | hatch | hatch a plot | hatch up | intrigue | lay a plot | machinate | maneuver | mine | moat | operate | parallel | plot | rig | sap | scheme | slit trench | trench | tunnel | wangle See Also | countermeasure | derail | disobey | mine Countermine In Webster's Dictionary \Coun"ter*mine`\ (koun"t[~e]r*m[imac]n`), n.
[Counter- + mine underground gallery: cf. F. contermine.]
1. (Mil.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and
destroy the mining of an enemy.
2. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project
is defeated.
Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine
against contempt but terror. --Sir P.
Sidney.
\Coun`ter*mine"\ (koun`t[~e]r*m[imac]n"), v. t. [Cf. F. contreminer.] [imp. & p. p. {Countermined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Countermining}.] 1. (Mil.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine. 2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures. \Coun`ter*mine"\, v. i. To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. 'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. --Chapman. |
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