countermine

countermine is a 11-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 20 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
2. noun. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.
3. transitive verb. To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
4. transitive verb. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
5. intransitive verb. To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.
6. noun. (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy
7. verb. destroy enemy mines with one's own mines

   "We countermined the banks of the river"

8. verb. destroy property or hinder normal operations

   "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

   Synonyms: counteract, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken

Synonyms

counteract, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken

Common word forms

countermined, countermines, countermining

Words from these letters

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