Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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2. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project
is defeated.
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Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine
against contempt but terror. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Countermine \Coun`ter*mine"\, v. i.
To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.
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'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. --Chapman.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
countermine
n 1: (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the
enemy
v 1: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The
Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
[syn: {sabotage}, {undermine}, {countermine}, {counteract},
{subvert}, {weaken}]
2: destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; "We countermined
the banks of the river"
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