Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To remove, deactivate, or safely detonate land mines in (an area).

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  • verb To remove explosive mines (landmines or naval mines).

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Examples

  • Leave them where they lay No effort is being made at this time to demine area near Ajdabiya.

    Ghadafi Forces Reported Using Landmines 2011

  • In fact, after every rainy season, the Jarheads have to go over and demine the trails in case the rains have “moved” a few land mines around from their original position.

    Miss Universe Visits Guantánamo Bay - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • Bounties have been placed on the heads of U.S. soldiers and Western aid workers, and explosive experts working to demine this stretch of highway have come under fire from Taliban snipers.

    PERISCOPE 2008

  • It was heavily forested, which makes it even more difficult to demine.

    'It Can Be Done' 2007

  • That's why you see us working so hard to demine the waterways, so we can get humanitarian assistance in.

    CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2003 2003

  • President Jose Eduardo dos Santos last year made an urgent plea for international aid to help demine Angola, help the victims of the war, including an estimated four million displaced people, rebuild the southwest African country, and demobilise former rebel fighters.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • "Initially eight personnel members will be deployed, to be joined later by another four members - they will help demine the country's national roads so that it can be upgraded," he said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • Tommy Franks briefed us this morning about coalition efforts to demine the harbor to make sure that our humanitarian relief can be delivered safely to the Iraqi people.

    CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2003 2003

  • "We cannot organise their return until we are sure that the right conditions are in place," Morjane said, referring to operations to demine certain parts of Angola to which refugees wish to return.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • Now every day, under normal circumstances in Afghanistan, some thousands of workers demine.

    CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2001 2001

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