Countermine
[kauntәmain]
Definition
(noun.) (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy.
(verb.) destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; 'We countermined the banks of the river'.
Checked by Erwin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
(n.) A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.
(v. t.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
(v. t.) To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
(v. i.) To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.
Typist: Vilma
Examples
- There were a few men, however, left at the advance line, and others working in the countermine, which was still being pushed to find ours. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I should be glad to countermine him, respecting the handsome gal, your friend. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The enemy had countermined, but did not succeed in reaching our mine. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Editor: Mervin