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countermine

('k/&//U/nt/@/,m/aI/n )

(military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.(noun)

source: webster1913

destroy property or hinder normal operations(verb.social)

Synonym:
counteract, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken

source: wordnet30
destroy enemy mines with one's own mines(verb.competition)

Example:
We countermined the banks of the river.

source: wordnet30
To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.(verb)

source: webster1913

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