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Countermine

verb
(past & past part. countermined; pres. part. countermining)
1.
Destroy property or hinder normal operations.  Synonyms: counteract, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken.
2.
Destroy enemy mines with one's own mines.





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"Countermine" Quotes from Famous Books



... feet— Fire from ten thousand at once of the rebels who girdled us round— Death at the glimpse of a finger from over the breadth of a street; Death from the heights of the mosque and the palace, and death in the ground! Mine? Yes, a mine. Countermine! down, down! and creep thro' the hole! Keep the revolver in hand! you can hear him—the murderous mole! Quiet, ah! quiet—wait till the point of the pick-ax be thro'! Click with the pick coming nearer and nearer again than before— Now let it speak, and you fire, and the dark pioneer is ...
— Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century • James Richard Joy


Words linked to "Countermine" :   armed forces, military, armed services, derail, mine, countermeasure, subvert, weaken, sabotage, disobey, war machine, military machine


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