demine
transitive verbde·mine | \ (ˌ)dē-ˈmīn 
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\variants:
or de-mine
demined or de-mined; demining or de-mining; demines or de-mines
Definition of demine
: to remove mines and especially unexploded land mines from (an area)
An estimated 100 million unexploded land mines stud the globe, and experts say it would take 10,000 years to demine Cambodia alone, using present methods.— Adam Marcus, Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 1998 In Afghanistan, sergeant Murphy needs to take care to ride only in areas that have been de-mined. “I am basically riding on a paved road through a minefield,” he says.— Christine Mattheis, Bicycling, July 2008
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The first known use of demine was in 1945
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