countermine
Collocations
4ADJ.
against, contemned, knowing
VERB + COUNTERMINE
order
COUNTERMINE + NOUN
contempt
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
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
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.
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — destroy property or hinder normal operations
- sabotage
- undermine
- counteract
- subvert
- weaken
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4Normally the threat would have been dealt with by means of a counter-mine, but the tunnel was now far too close for that.
WiktionaryThinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror.
Wiktionary[…] every gamester will agree how necessary it is to know exactly the play of another, in order to countermine him.
Wiktionary[…]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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