Countermine Definition

kountər-mīn
countermined, countermines, countermining
verb
countermined, countermines, countermining
To frustrate or defeat by secret and opposite measures.
American Heritage
To intercept (an enemy mine) with a countermine.
Webster's New World
To make or use a countermine against.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
noun
countermines
A military mine for intercepting or destroying an enemy mine.
Webster's New World
A plot to frustrate or defeat an attack.
American Heritage
Webster's New World

A stratagem or plot by which another stratagem or project is defeated.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Countermine

Noun

Singular:
countermine
Plural:
countermines

Origin of Countermine

  • From counter- +‎ mine.

    From Wiktionary

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