anti-mine

adjective

an·ti-mine | \ ˌan-tē-ˈmīn

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, ˌan-tī-\

variants: or antimine

Definition of anti-mine

1 : serving to counteract or protect against explosive mines United Technologies Corp. won $68.1 million in Navy and Air Force contracts for antimine equipment … — The Wall Street Journal

2 : opposed to the use of explosive mines "These indiscriminate weapons do not care whether they blow up a child at play or a soldier on patrol," say antimine activists.— Joan Stephenson

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The first known use of anti-mine was in 1914

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