SINCE 1828
anti-mine
adjective
an·ti-mine
| \ ˌan-tē-ˈmīn
, ˌan-tī-\
, 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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