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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
In 2012, 34 striking workers at a South African platinum mine were fatally shot by security forces in a massacre that ignited outrage across the country and invited comparisons to the atrocities of the apartheid era. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 23 May 2025 Tallahassee fingerprints No state or federal agency is clamoring for a rock mine in the ‘Glades. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Verb
Partnering for a second time with the nonprofit organization Undue Medical Debt, the government mined funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to buy $100 million in debt for $575,000. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025 Illicit gold can also be melted and enter formal markets with gold that is legally mined. Sasha Lezhnev, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for mine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mine
Noun
  • Ward 209 has been a repository for detainees leveraged as pawns in Iran’s sadistic foreign policy.
    Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
  • The best ideas now emerge not just from Harvard Business Review or McKinsey reports but from research labs, GitHub repositories, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, expert newsletters, research papers, product announcements and many other sources.
    John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • One drone dropped explosives on a passenger bus in the Dniprovskyi district of the Kherson region, injuring two people, the local administration said.
    Yehor Konovalov, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
  • About a year and a half later, an F.B.I. explosives expert identified it as similar to one seized from a Libyan operative in Senegal in 1988.
    Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • For example, if China can pin down the United States in the Taiwan Strait, Russia and Iran may seize the moment to attack their neighbors.
    Mark Melton, National Review, 23 May 2025
  • There are several leaf spotting diseases that can attack hydrangeas.
    Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • China used to be a gold mine for U.S. studios, which could count on certain blockbuster films making huge amounts of money from the nation’s booming middle class.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Junk removal businesses can be a ‘gold mine’ generating $50,000 to $150,000 annually for small operations, with profit margins of 20-30%.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • In the ensuing battles, Israeli forces have mercilessly pounded Gaza with bombs that have destroyed much of the region’s infrastructure, killing more than 53,000, according to Palestinian health officials.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 May 2025
  • In January, state media reported that intelligence officials in Syria’s post-Assad government thwarted a plan by IS to set off a bomb at a Shiite Muslim shrine south of Damascus.
    Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • From the tranquil Topsail area to the impressive Crystal Coast, North Carolina’s seashore is a treasure trove of beautiful places.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 May 2025
  • But that would be a mistake, because the Ecuadorian mainland is also a treasure trove of experiences, natural and manmade.
    Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 13 May 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
  • The snake uses large eyes in daylight and heat-sensing divots along its lips in darkness to detect and ambush unlucky birds, bats and rodents that come too close, stopping their hearts with a muscular embrace.
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
  • Three adult suspects and a minor arrested in a North Richland Hills murder case met the 17-year-old victim at a park for a drug deal, ambushed him and shot him, according to their arrest warrant affidavits.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025

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“Mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mine. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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