Countermine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To frustrate or defeat by secret and opposite measures.
  • v. To make or use a countermine against.
  • verb-intransitive. To make or lay down countermines.
  • n. A tunnel dug to intercept and destroy an enemy's mine.
  • n. A plot to frustrate or defeat an attack.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A mine used by defenders to intercept an enemy mine or tunnel.
  • v. To plot opposition; to frustrate the initiatives of another.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
  • n. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.
  • v. To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
  • v. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Milit., a mine driven from defense-works by the besieged, counter to a mine driven toward the defense-works by besiegers, the object being to meet and destroy the works of the latter party.
  • n. Hence A secret plan designed to frustrate the plans of an opponent; any antagonistic action or plan.
  • To mine counter or in opposition to; resist by means of a countermine, as a besieging enemy or his works.
  • To counterwork; frustrate by secret and opposite measures.
  • To make a countermine; counterplot; work against one secretly.
  • n. A mine or torpedo placed and exploded in a harbor entrance by an attacking navy to destroy the mines or torpedoes which guard the entrance.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. destroy enemy mines with one's own mines
  • n. (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy
  • v. destroy property or hinder normal operations
    • Verb Form
    countermined    countermines    countermining   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mine    countermeasure   
    Form
    countermined    countermining   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    counterwork    counterplot   
    Same Context
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