Definition of Minefields

1. Noun. (plural of minefield) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Minefields

1. minefield [n] - See also: minefield

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minefields

mindwiped
mindwipes
mindwiping
mine
mine arse on a bandbox
mine detector
mine disposal
mine field
mine pig
mine run
mineable
minecart
minecarts
mined
minefield
minefields
mineful
minefuls
minehillite
minelayer
minelayers
minelaying
minelike
mineola
mineolas
miner
miner's asthma
miner's canaries
miner's canary
miner's cat

Literary usage of Minefields

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

1. Still Killing: Landmines in Southern Africa by Alex Vines, Arms Project (Human Rights Watch) (1997)
"Some minefields were laid along what is now the Zimbabwe border, as well as around key ... The Minefields Zambia has minefields along its Angolan border. ..."

2. Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-Free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (2000)
"The Lebanese Army claims that there are more than 150000 landmines in 518 minefields in the following areas:9 • eighteen minefields or suspected minefields ..."

3. Hidden Death: Landmines and Civilian Casualties in Iraqi Kurdistan by Middle East Watch (Organization, Middle East Watch (Organization) (1992)
"Even in this limited sample, however, these were five minefields where a total of 30 ... All the minefields surveyed were heavily mined with a variety of ..."

4. Landmine Monitor Report 1999: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines (1999)
"Most of these minefields include anti-tank landmines are found on the sides of strategic roads that lead to the main towns of the West Bank. ..."

5. The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à by Charles à Court Repington (1920)
"... Sir R. Tyrwhitt—The Centaur—System of naval command on the coast—Tyrwhitt's forces—German and British minefields—They fail to stop German submarines, ..."

6. Land Mines in Angola by Africa Watch Committee (1993)
"Knowledge about Minefields and Warnings Given In very few cases were civilians warned that mines had been planted in a certain area. ..."

7. Biographia Navalis: Or, Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of by John Charnock (1798)
"... and failed on the 25th from Minefields, having under his orders the Canada and * The ... Minefields ..."

8. Landmines: A Deadly Legacyby Arms Project (Human Rights Watch), Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) by Arms Project (Human Rights Watch), Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1993)
"Article 7 — Recording and publication of the location of minefields, mines and booby-traps 1. The parties to a conflict shall record the location of: ..."

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