Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines.
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- noun nautical The detection and safe disposal of
mines
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines
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Examples
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Such banana-skin detection and clearance (or 'minesweeping' as she officially called it) provided the mainstay of her spin responsibilities.
Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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Such banana-skin detection and clearance (or 'minesweeping' as she officially called it) provided the mainstay of her spin responsibilities.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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Such banana-skin detection and clearance (or 'minesweeping' as she officially called it) provided the mainstay of her spin responsibilities.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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If we needed to protect international shipping lanes, or do minesweeping exercises, what role could Japan play?
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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If we needed to protect international shipping lanes, or do minesweeping exercises, what role could Japan play?
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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If we needed to protect international shipping lanes, or do minesweeping exercises, what role could Japan play?
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Another ship, called TransSpar and designed by Canada's Extreme Ocean Innovation, has a huge, deep keel for stability, giving it the shape of a seahorse, while a third is an adaptation of a Norwegian Navy minesweeping hovercraft.
New offshore windfarm technologies in the battle against seasickness 2011
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My father saw very different sea duty Atlantic submarine-hunting as opposed to the Caine's Pacific minesweeping, but he believed that this book summoned his experience of the war at sea more precisely than any other.
Essential Reading On World War II Richard Snow 2011
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Located in the town of Ingleside about 12 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, it was the primary home to minesweeping ships belonging to the Navy's Mine Warfare Command.
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Perhaps 20,000 Japanese and nearly 350 vessels were engaged in minesweeping efforts, which were largely ineffective.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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