Hypertext Webster Gateway: "countermine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Countermine \Coun"ter*mine`\ (koun"t[~e]r*m[imac]n`), n.
[Counter- + mine underground gallery: cf. F. contermine.]
1. (Mil.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and
destroy the mining of an enemy.
2. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project
is defeated.
Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine
against contempt but terror. --Sir P.
Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Countermine \Coun`ter*mine"\ (koun`t[~e]r*m[imac]n"), v. t. [Cf.
F. contreminer.] [imp. & p. p. {Countermined}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Countermining}.]
1. (Mil.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept
with a countermine.
2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Countermine \Coun`ter*mine"\, v. i.
To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.
'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. --Chapman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
countermine
n : (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the
enemy
v 1: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The
Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
[syn: {sabotage}, {undermine}, {counteract}, {subvert},
{weaken}]
2: destroy enemy mines with one's own mines: "We countermined
the banks of the river"
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