Word Meaning

countermine definition and meaning

n. An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
n. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.
v. t. To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
v. t. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
v. i. To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.