countermine noun & verb. ['kaʊntǝmʌɪn] LME.
[from COUNTER- 2 + MINE noun.]
A. noun.
1. Military. A subterranean excavation made by defenders to intercept one made by besiegers. LME.

2. fig. A counterplot. L16.
b. verb.
1. verb trans. & intrans. Make a countermine (against). L16.

2. verb trans. Defeat by a counterplot. L16.

3. verb intrans. Lay mines intended to explode an enemy's mines. L19.

■ counterminer noun L17.

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