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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Countermine \Coun"ter*mine`\ (koun"t[~e]r*m[imac]n`), n. [Counter- + mine underground gallery: cf F. contermine.] 1. (Mil.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy. 2. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated. Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. --Sir P. Sidney. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Countermine \Coun`ter*mine"\ (koun`t[~e]r*m[imac]n"), v. t. [Cf. F. contreminer.] [imp. & p. p. {Countermined}; p. pr & vb n. {Countermining}.] 1. (Mil.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine. 2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Countermine \Coun`ter*mine"\, v. i. To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. 'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. --Chapman. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: countermine n : (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy v 1: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn: {sabotage}, {undermine}, {counteract}, {subvert}, {weaken}] 2: destroy enemy mines with one's own mines: "We countermined the banks of the river"
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