'Countermine' definitions:

Definition of 'countermine'

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noun
(military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy
verb
Destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken]
verb
Destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; "We countermined the banks of the river"

Definition of 'Countermine'

From: GCIDE
  • Countermine \Coun`ter*mine"\, v. i. To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. [1913 Webster]
  • 'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Countermine'

From: GCIDE
  • Countermine \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated. [1913 Webster]
  • Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Countermine'

From: GCIDE
  • Countermine \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures. [1913 Webster]

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