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noun
A mine, often a naval mine, which responds to the magnetic field of a target.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Broader terms: naval mine, mine, munition, weapon
noun
(nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: floating mine, marine mine
History
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