| countermine | | |
| n. | 1. countermine | (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy. |
| ~ countermeasure | an action taken to offset another action. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| v. | 2. counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken | destroy property or hinder normal operations.; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" |
| ~ derail | cause to run off the tracks.; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste" |
| ~ disobey | refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient.; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" |
| v. | 3. countermine | destroy enemy mines with one's own mines.; "We countermined the banks of the river" |
| ~ mine | lay mines.; "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia" |
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