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Definition of Minesweeper
1. Noun. Ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines.
Definition of Minesweeper
1. Noun. A vehicle, device or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or water mines). ¹
2. Noun. A logic-based computer game in which the player has to discover the position of mines. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Minesweeper
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minesweeper
Literary usage of Minesweeper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. By Sea, Air, and Land: An Illustrated History of the U. S. Navy and the War by Edward J. Marolda (1996)
"... Riverine Force SLF MSB Minesweeping Boat SS MSC Military Sealift Command SS
MSF minesweeper, Fleet STAB MSO minesweeper, Ocean STAB MSS minesweeper, ..."
2. Seven Firefights in Vietnam by John A. Cash (1985)
"minesweeper T-9I-4 reeled from the shock of both rockets exploding ... The radios
in the boats crackled with the minesweeper's report, "We've been mined. ..."
3. Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy (1995) by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Define, design, develop, prototype, and test a high-speed remote controlled
influence minesweeper. DOD Subject: Technical R&D EIF Date: Apr 23, ..."
4. Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War by Reinhard Scheer (1920)
"On October 6, 1916, what had hitherto been minesweeper Division II was divided
into the 3rd and 4th Mine-sweeper Half-Flotillas. These Half-Flotillas were ..."
5. South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1920)
"He was afterwards given command of a Mystery Ship, and fought several actions
with enemy submarines. Clark served on a minesweeper. ..."
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