Definitions

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  • noun A naval vessel that actively detects and destroys individual mines.

Etymologies

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mine +‎ hunter

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Examples

  • Conditions in the search area this morning are reported to be wet with the mist closing in and so far the minehunter which is criss-crossing the area sending down sonar signals has not yet located the plane.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • In 1976 he took command of the coastal minehunter, HMS Bronington.

    Prince Charles’ Birthday: 60 Facts by Sarah Hughes « Diana Mandache's Weblog 2008

  • The minehunter left its naval base at Simonstown to assist in the search operations earlier this week.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • As the attempts to recover the bodies now enters its eleventh day police are hoping the minehunter which has the ability to insert an underwater vehicle with mounted cameras that can relay images back to the ship will find the plane.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • GRAHAMSTOWN (ECN Friday January 9 1998) - The search for the two young pilots whose light plane crashed into the sea near Kenton on December 30 resumed today with the 400-ton navy minehunter SAS

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • Port Elizabeth was aboard the minehunter this morning.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • Visitors will be able to go onboard a River-class minehunter and

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

  • The move came as police were investigating the alleged sexual assault of a 21-year-old female sailor on board a navy minehunter based at HMAS Waterhen on Sydney's north shore.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Now the Pentagon's top weapons tester has found problems with its abilities to find and withstand mines - which is a big problem for a ship that's supposed to be the Navy's minehunter of the future.

    Gizmodo Spencer Ackerman - Wired 2012

  • Now the Pentagon's top weapons tester has found problems with its abilities to find and withstand mines - which is a big problem for a ship that's supposed to be the Navy's minehunter of the future.

    Wired Top Stories Spencer Ackerman 2012

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