countermine
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countermine
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From counter- + mine.
noun countermines
- A mine used by defenders to intercept an enemy mine or tunnel. Normally the threat would have been dealt with by means of a counter-mine, but the tunnel was now far too close for that.
- An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
- A stratagem or plot by which another stratagem or project is defeated. Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror.
verb countermines · countermining · countermined
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To plot opposition; to frustrate the initiatives of another.
[…] every gamester will agree how necessary it is to know exactly the play of another, in order to countermine him.
Similar: counterplot
- to sap hostile mining. […]so Fritz could sleep easily in his trench, so far as mines were concerned; and Fritz, confident in his Herr Professors, altogether neglected any attempt to counter-mine.
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title = {countermine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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