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Countermine   Listen
verb
Countermine  v. t.  (past & past part. countermined; pres. part. countermining)  
1.
(Mil.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
2.
To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.





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"Countermine" Quotes from Famous Books



... several hundred steps cut in the solid rock. Hence the city obtained its chief supply of water, and these steps were deeply worn by the weary feet of Christian captives employed in this painful labor. The marques of Cadiz discovered this subterraneous passage, and directed his pioneers to countermine in the side of the rock; they pierced to the shaft, and, stopping it up, deprived the city of the benefit of ...
— Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada • Washington Irving


Words linked to "Countermine" :   derail, undermine, disobey, countermeasure, counteract, military, mine, weaken, subvert, military machine, war machine, sabotage, armed services, armed forces


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