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