noun
- Military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy. (
verb
- Destroy property or hinder normal operations.
- usage: "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
- synonyms: sabotage, undermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
- Destroy enemy mines with one's own mines.
- usage: "We countermined the banks of the river"
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