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Countermine   Listen
verb
Countermine  v. t.  (past & past part. countermined; pres. part. countermining)  
1.
(Mil.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
2.
To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.





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"Countermine" Quotes from Famous Books



... ardent MacAdam has rendered null and void this proposed fraternal reciprocity, and the order to conceal every hoof and horn pending discovery of the right answer to this last atrocity has been punctually obeyed, the local papers slanging landlord and agent, but seemingly unable to find the proper countermine. No end of details and of incident might be given, but no substantial increase could be made to the information, given in this and my preceding letter. The tenants say that the landlord perversely refuses the reductions allowed in better times, and the landlord says that as a ...
— Ireland as It Is - And as It Would be Under Home Rule • Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)


Words linked to "Countermine" :   subvert, mine, military machine, counteract, armed forces, undermine, weaken, countermeasure, war machine, derail, sabotage


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