nnoun.act(military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemyTopic:armed forcesarmed servicesmilitarymilitary machinewar machine
Derivationally Related Form:countermine
Hypernyms:countermeasure
Inherited Hypernyms:counterminecountermeasuremeasuremaneuvermovedecisionchoiceactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.socialdestroy property or hinder normal operationsSynset:counteract sabotage subvert undermine weaken
Examples:- The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
Derivationally Related Form:sabotage
Hypernyms:disobey
Inherited Hypernyms:sabotagedisobeyrefusereactact
Direct Hyponyms:derail
Full Troponyms:derail
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.competitiondestroy enemy mines with one's own minesExamples:- We countermined the banks of the river
Derivationally Related Form:countermine
Hypernyms:mine
Inherited Hypernyms:countermineminereinforcestrengthenchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something