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countermining

countermining is the present participle and gerund of countermine.

Meaning of countermine

Verb

countermine (third-person singular simple present countermines, present participle countermining, simple past and past participle countermined)

  1. To plot opposition; to frustrate the initiatives of another.
    • […] every gamester will agree how necessary it is to know exactly the play of another, in order to countermine him.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter III, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VI
    Synonyms:
    counterplot
  2. (intransitive, transitive) to sap hostile mining.
    • […]so Fritz could sleep easily in his trench, so far as mines were concerned; and Fritz, confident in his Herr Professors, altogether neglected any attempt to counter-mine.1923, Frank Fox, “The Man-Made Earthquake”, in Charles Francis Horne, The Great Events of the Great War, volume 5

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Questions about countermining

What is countermining the present participle and gerund of?
Countermining is the present participle and gerund of countermine.

Words near countermining in the dictionary

  1. countermigrations
  2. countermilitary
  3. countermine
  4. countermined
  5. countermines
  6. countermining
  7. countermission
  8. countermissions
  9. countermobilisation
  10. countermobilization
  11. countermobilizations

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