minesweeper
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minesweeper
- /ˈmaɪnˌswipɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From mine + sweeper.
noun minesweepers
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A vehicle, device, or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or naval mines).
Opposite: minelayer
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A ship specializing in removing naval mines.
Opposite: minelayer
- Any of various logic-based computer games in which the player has to discover the position of mines in a rectangular grid, based on numerical hints. Information on the history of minesweeper and the rules of the game can be found on Wikipedia [14]. The book by Garey and Johnson [4] is the classical text on NP-completeness. Boolean satisfiability, SAT, is the original decision problem shown NP-complete by Cook [2]. […] Kaye [6] introduced mineswe
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noun vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
| Español | dragaminas, barreminas, buscaminas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소해정 sohaejeong, 소뢰정 soroejeong, 소해선 sohaeseon, 소해함 sohaeham |
| 日本語 | 掃海艇 sōkaitei, 掃海艦 sōkaikan |
| 中文 | 掃雷艦 /扫雷舰 sǎoléijiàn |
| Français | démineur, dragueur de mines |
| Deutsch | Minenabwehrfahrzeug, Minenräumboot |
| Italiano | sminatore, dragamine |
| Ελληνικά | ναρκαλιευτής narkalieftís |
| Română | dragor, deminor |
| Русский | ми́нный трал, тра́льщик mínnyj tral, trálʹščik, сапёр sapjór |
noun video game
| Español | buscaminas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지뢰 찾기 jiroe chatgi |
| 日本語 | マインスイーパー mainsuīpā |
| 中文 | 掃雷 /扫雷 sǎoléi |
| Português | campo minado |
| Français | démineur |
| Deutsch | Minesweeper |
| Italiano | campo minato |
| Ελληνικά | ναρκαλιευτής narkalieftís |
| Русский | сапёр sapjór |
| Tiếng Việt | dò mìn |
| العربية | كانسة الألغام |
Talk about this word "minesweeper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/minesweeper. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. minesweeper. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/minesweeper "minesweeper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/minesweeper.Cite this
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title = {minesweeper},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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