Magnetic mine (original) (raw)
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
(nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("magnetic mine" is a kind of...):
floating mine; marine mine (an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it)
Domain category:
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)