Meaning of countermine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A mine used by defenders to intercept an enemy mine or tunnel.
2. An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
3. A stratagem or plot by which another stratagem or project is defeated.

Examples

“Normally the threat would have been dealt with by means of a counter-mine, but the tunnel was now far too close for that.”

“Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror.”

The New Arcadia

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