Meaning of COUNTERMINE
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'kawntur`mIn, [v]`kawntur'mIn, 'kaûntu`mIn
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | counteract, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
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| | See Also: | | countermeasure, derail, disobey, mine | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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