landmine

or land mine

[ land-mahyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Military.

an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.
aerial mine ( def 2 ).

First recorded in 1885–90

The world had become a different place and I found myself unequipped to interpret a whole new landmine-strewn nomenclature.

Chayefsky first set words down on paper after convalescing from injuries suffered from an exploding landmine.

Moments later, he activated a landmine, resulting in his death, leaving those color images as his final photographs.

Her famous walk—twice—through the half cleared landmine field in Angola was enormously brave and made a lasting impact.

The picture became one of the most celebrated anti-landmine images.

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