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Recent Examples of claymore mine
Originally used to store claymore mines and their accessories, the bag had been repurposed by McLean to carry supplies to men in the field.
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Made By History, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
While some tech-savvy people’s militias are jerry-rigging drones and 3D-printing rifles, most of Htoo’s time in the KNLA was spent setting claymore mines and learning how to make homemade bombs with bamboo shafts, not always with good results.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
The shape of the drone also suggests that the warhead may be highly directional, effectively a miniature claymore mine.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
The right flank man suddenly discovered an enemy claymore mine covering the route of advance and shouted a warning to his comrades.
—Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Nov. 2020
In the mid-2000s, a group of soldiers duct taped a claymore mine to a small surveillance robot and sent it down an Iraq alleyway, killing a man.
—Caroline Lester, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2018
Made By History, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
While some tech-savvy people’s militias are jerry-rigging drones and 3D-printing rifles, most of Htoo’s time in the KNLA was spent setting claymore mines and learning how to make homemade bombs with bamboo shafts, not always with good results.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
The shape of the drone also suggests that the warhead may be highly directional, effectively a miniature claymore mine.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
The right flank man suddenly discovered an enemy claymore mine covering the route of advance and shouted a warning to his comrades.
—Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Nov. 2020
In the mid-2000s, a group of soldiers duct taped a claymore mine to a small surveillance robot and sent it down an Iraq alleyway, killing a man.
—Caroline Lester, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for claymore mine
Noun
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There are different ways to demine territory, from using dogs to sniff out land mines to sappers—combat engineers focusing on clearing mines—manually working their way through an area, or operators remotely controlling large demining machines.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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In the rather chaotic encounter with journalists in the Oval Office, both Trump and Zelensky avoided stepping on any rhetorical land mines.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The courts likely hold the fates of Oak Flat and the huge mine Resolution Copper wants to build on the site, and Indigenous activists wonder what that will mean for the fragile landscape and for Native religious rights cases.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Exploiting mines needed for rare earth minerals could also be complicated.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Claymore mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claymore%20mine. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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