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countermine

noun

Meaning

  1. A mine used by defenders to intercept an enemy mine or tunnel.
  2. An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
  3. A stratagem or plot by which another stratagem or project is defeated.
  4. To plot opposition; to frustrate the initiatives of another.
  5. To sap hostile mining.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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