countermine (n.)

  1. (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy

    countermine (v.)

  1. destroy property or hinder normal operations; The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war

    [ Syn: sabotage , undermine , counteract , subvert , weaken ]

  2. destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; We countermined the banks of the river'

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