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demining

demining is the present participle and gerund of demine.

Meaning of demine

Verb

demine (third-person singular simple present demines, present participle demining, simple past and past participle demined)

  1. (transitive) To remove explosive mines (landmines or naval mines) from.

Noun

demining (usually uncountable, plural deminings)

  1. (usually) The process of removing and neutralizing mines.
    • There have also been successive minings and (partial or complete) deminings of Yugoslavia's western border with Croatia since approximately 1991, about which there is fragmentary information.2000, Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-free World, page 856
    Synonyms:
    mine-clearing, unmining

Synonyms of demining

Forms of demining

pluraldeminings

Words that rhyme with demining

Questions about demining

What does demining mean?
Demining means the process of removing and neutralizing mines.
What is demining the present participle and gerund of?
Demining is the present participle and gerund of demine.
What part of speech is demining?
Demining is a noun.
What is the plural of demining?
The plural of demining is deminings.

Words near demining in the dictionary

  1. Demings
  2. deminiaturize
  3. deminiaturized
  4. deminiaturizes
  5. deminiaturizing
  6. demining
  7. deminings
  8. deminish
  9. deminished
  10. deminishes
  11. deminishing

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