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 [n. koun-ter-mahyn; v. koun-ter-mahyn, koun-ter-mahyn]  

coun·ter·mine

   [n. koun-ter-mahyn; v. koun-ter-mahyn, koun-ter-mahyn] noun, verb, -mined, -min·ing.
noun
1.
Military. a mine intended to intercept or destroy an enemy mine.
2.
a counterplot.
verb (used with object)
3.
to oppose by a countermine.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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verb (used without object)
4.
to make a countermine.
5.
Military. to intercept or destroy enemy mines.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English; see counter-, mine2
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