Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun countermine
1 sense of countermine
Sense 1
countermine -- ((military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy)
=> countermeasure -- (an action taken to offset another action)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb countermine
2 senses of countermine
Sense 1
sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken -- (destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war")
=> disobey -- (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired")
Sense 2
countermine -- (destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; "We countermined the banks of the river")
=> mine -- (lay mines; "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia")