countermine
(military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy • Topics: military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine • Hypernyms: countermeasure
1. destroy property or hinder normal operations - The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war • Syn: sabotage, undermine, counteract, subvert, weaken • Derivationally related forms: sabotage (for: sabotage) • Hypernyms: disobey • Hyponyms: derail • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 2. destroy enemy mines with one's own mines - We countermined the banks of the river • Hypernyms: mine • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
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