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as in explosive
a usually concealed explosive device designed to go off when disturbed the soldiers were careful to disarm any mines they found in their path

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mine

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verb

as in to attack
to place hidden explosive devices in or under the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy

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Noun
Escaping its grip will require more than mine permits and short-term funding. Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 29 June 2025 For generations, Connecticut’s fields have supported families like mine, anchoring rural communities and shaping the character of our state. Nathaniel Trojanoski, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
Verb
In addition to wonderful comedy scripts like When Harry Met Sally, My Blue Heaven, and Sleepless in Seattle, Ephron mined her private life for her books. Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025 The theorist David Eng offers the story of the Sahtu Dene, a First Nations community in northwestern Canada, whose men mined the uranium used by the U.S. to bomb Japan. E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for mine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mine
Noun
  • Around half of global trade and almost 90 percent of global foreign exchange transactions are conducted in U.S. dollars, an extraordinary repository of value that affords Washington the luxury of deficit spending that would be outrageous anywhere else.
    KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • Increasingly, stablecoins are viewed as a method of payment and not merely as a repository for digital cash.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The machines are capable of detecting not just metal but also ceramics, plastics, liquids, and explosives, from head to toe.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
  • Eight airports in different states appeared to have dropped the requirement, in place since 2006 after a British man in 2001 attempted to destroy an airliner with explosives hidden in a shoe.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • In 1940: The Battle of Britain began as German forces bombed shipping convoys in the English Channel, attacking its ports and radar stations.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
  • But one cost of that strong-arm approach quickly became apparent when Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina announced his retirement right after after Trump attacked him for opposing the bill, creating an open seat that will become Democrats’ best Senate opportunity in 2026.
    Ronald Brownstein, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • With the University of Louisville in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten's University of Indiana just a two-hour drive away, Louisville college sports reporting was a gold mine for Bozich.
    Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 4 July 2025
  • In the postwar boom, marketers discovered that teenagers, once just smaller versions of their parents, were suddenly an untapped gold mine: flush with allowance money, free time, and a hunger to define themselves against Mom and Dad's polite swing records.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Rafaela’s bomb prevented the game from getting uncomfortably close when Jordan Hicks couldn’t pitch a clean bottom of the ninth.
    Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
  • Iranians certainly do after Trump sent bunker-buster bombs into their most secure nuclear facility.
    Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Songs crafted by artists who emerged in this era arrived like troubadours, bequeathing a treasure trove for troubled times.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • China's intent is to haul back to Earth a Mars treasure trove or rock and soil via its Tianwen-3 mission.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Last month gangs burned or confiscated at least a half-dozen armored carriers belonging to the police and the mission after setting booby traps and catching cops off guard.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Police said the suspect, identified as Arthur Tabuchi, was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation and faces charges of assembling, placing and maintaining a booby trap.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • While many of us watched with horror as the death toll in Central Texas mounted after catastrophic floods, a group of people ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Alvarado.
    Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
  • Sami Zayn Sami Zayn was ambushed by Karrion Kross during his entrance.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025

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“Mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mine. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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