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Countermine   Listen
verb
Countermine  v. t.  (past & past part. countermined; pres. part. countermining)  
1.
(Mil.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
2.
To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.





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"Countermine" Quotes from Famous Books



... that the world is to some persons so full of ambushes and snares, or dangerous occasions of sin, that they cannot be saved but by choosing a safe retreat. Those who from experience are conscious of their own weakness, and find themselves to be no match for the world, unable to countermine its policies, and oppose its power, ought to retire as from the face of too potent an enemy; and prefer a contemplative state to a busy and active life: not to indulge sloth, or to decline the service of God and his neighbor, but to ...
— The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints - January, February, March • Alban Butler


Words linked to "Countermine" :   armed forces, undermine, disobey, military machine, war machine, armed services, subvert, mine, weaken, sabotage, derail, countermeasure


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