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- noun Alternative form of
countermine .
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Examples
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Two dozen Roman soldiers clamber into a narrow counter-mine and raise their shields.
They're still our lads... zornhau 2009
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That includes everything from Leopard tanks, howitzers, six Chinook helicopters, counter-mine vehicles to aerial drones.
Afghan war costs 2008
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- Training Angolan forces in 1992 in mine/counter-mine warfare;
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Replying to a question in the National Assembly, Modise said the SANDF was considered to be a world leader in counter-mine technology.
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But they are putting significant emphasis in the mission plan itself on counter-mine operations.
Daily Press Briefing By Mccurry ITY National Archives 1995
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Paardefontein Mechem test range of South Africa's counter-mine technology.
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"South Africa has developed one of the world's most advanced and sophisticated counter-mine capabilities," Mr Kasrils said, adding that the country was also a world leader in mine-protected armoured vehicles.
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Still, ever and anon, I saw a glimmer of former spirit in the wretch, and thought I would attempt a counter-mine of interest, which Ormond might probably understand and grasp.
Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot
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Under one of those held by us it was found that the enemy had sunk a big counter-mine, which was excavated and ready for charging at the time of the beginning of the battle, when Fricourt fell.
The Old Front Line John Masefield 1922
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R.E. officer came into our shelter, and told us in a voice shaking with joyful emotion that he had just blown up a German counter-mine which had been threatening our mine galleries at Hill 60.
Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Francis Buckley 1915
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