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Recent Examples of Synonyms for claymore mines
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 -
The ninth inning revealed other land mines.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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There were other potential concerns, such as coastal erosion or the risk of triggering unexploded mines from WWII, but these seem tiny compared to the excavation issue.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
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As mines increase production, there is a focus on the environmental effects of gold extraction.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Claymore mines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claymore%20mines. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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