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MINESWEEPING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does minesweeping mean?
• MINESWEEPING (noun)
The noun MINESWEEPING has 1 sense:
1. the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines
Familiarity information: MINESWEEPING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("minesweeping" is a kind of...):
mine disposal (the disposal of explosive mines)
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