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mine⋅sweep⋅er

  [mahyn-swee-per]
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–noun Navy.
a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines.
Origin:
1900–05; mine 2 + sweeper

Related forms:
minesweeping, noun
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mine·sweep·er   (mīn'swēp'ər)   
n.  A ship equipped for detecting, destroying, removing, or neutralizing explosive marine mines.
mine'sweep'ing n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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