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Countermine

A mine used by defenders to intercept an enemy mine or tunnel.

📖 Definitions of "Countermine"

noun
  1. 1

    A mine used by defenders to intercept an enemy mine or tunnel.

  2. 2

    An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.

  3. 3

    A stratagem or plot by which another stratagem or project is defeated.

verb
  1. 1

    To plot opposition; to frustrate the initiatives of another.

  2. 2

    To sap hostile mining.

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