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COUNTERMINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("countermine" is a kind of...):
countermeasure (an action taken to offset another action)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Derivation:
countermine (destroy enemy mines with one's own mines)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they countermine ... he / she / it countermines
Past simple: countermined
-ing form: countermining
Sense 1
Meaning:
Destroy enemy mines with one's own mines
Example:
We countermined the banks of the river
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "countermine" is one way to...):
mine (lay mines)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
countermine ((military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Destroy property or hinder normal operations
Example:
The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
Synonyms:
counteract; countermine; sabotage; subvert; undermine; weaken
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "countermine" is one way to...):
disobey (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "countermine"):
derail (cause to run off the tracks)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something