claymore mines

Definition of claymore minesnext
plural of claymore mine

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Noun
  • Or how a British charity cleared 300,000 land mines left over from a civil war in Sri Lanka, foot by foot.
    David Pogue, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Byrne’s brows immediately furrow, her face a map of emotional land mines.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The tests — with buses driven in underground mines to strip away external signals — were conducted both on brand-new Yutong buses and on three-year old vehicles from Dutch bus manufacturer VDL, the company said.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The technology could transform how search-and-rescue robots navigate collapsed mines or disaster sites, where speed and accuracy can make the difference between life and death.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Claymore mines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claymore%20mines. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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