Definition of Minesweeping

1. Noun. The activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines.

Generic synonyms: Mine Disposal

Definition of Minesweeping

1. Noun. (nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Minesweeping

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minesweeping

minerogenetic
minerogenic
miners
miners' canaries
miners' canary
miners' moss
miners moss
minerva
mines
mineshaft
mineshafts
minestrone
minestrones
minesweeper
minesweepers
minesweeping (current term)
minesweepings
minette
minettes
minever
minevers
minework
mineworker
mineworkers
mineworking
ming tree
minged
mingei
mingent

Literary usage of Minesweeping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Submarine Warfare of To-day: How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished by Charles William Domville-Fife (1920)
"... OF minesweeping EXPLAINED THE task which confronted the naval minesweeping organisations in the years succeeding 4th August 1914 was an appalling one. ..."

2. Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy (1995) by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Multilateral Subject: Technical R&D EIF Date: Jul 1, 1993 Termination Date: Apr 14,2002 Funding: Nunn Amendment USN - minesweeping. Project will provide for ..."

3. By Sea, Air, and Land: An Illustrated History of the U. S. Navy and the War by Edward J. Marolda (1996)
"These aircraft towed minesweeping sleds and other devices to carry out aerial ... The Americans began airborne minesweeping in the primary shipping channel ..."

4. Publications by National Bureau of Standards, United States, Michael Joseph Connolly, William Francis Galvin (1920)
"THE FOURTH minesweeping OPERATION. One day after the sweepers returned to port the buoy-laying squad- rim set out to mark the small group 12-A and then ..."

5. Alliance Adrift by Yoichi Funabashi (1999)
"This unit was also incorporated into the minesweeping section of the MSA's Safety Bureau. With the outbreak of the Korean War in the summer of 1950, ..."

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