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")

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