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landmine

(ˈlændˌmaɪn)
n
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an explosive charge placed in the ground, usually detonated by stepping on it or driving over it
vb
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) to place explosive charges in position below the surface of (the ground)
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Translations

landmine

[ˈlændmaɪn] Nmina f terrestre
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

landmine

land mine [ˈlændmaɪn] n (= mine) → mine f terrestre
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landmine

[ˈlændˌmaɪn] nmina terrestre
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Levis Force and LEAs seized 31 hand grenades, 12 fuse of RPG, One RPG 7, 82 Mortars, 75 Mortar of MM, 83 MM Mortar Shells, 06 Anti-Tank Mines, Land Mines, Vehicle Land Mines and 1900 rounds from the compound of terrorists.
Riyadh, March 27, 2019, SPA -- King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) disclosed today that its land mines dismantling arm in Yemen (MASAM) has successfully unearthed and dismantled 38 unti-human land mines, 589 anti-tank, 696 un-exploded ammunition and 73 explosives, totaling 1396 war items during the third week of March 2019.
The militia group has attempted to hide the land mines via several methods, which has led to the death or severe injury of children, women and elderly men.
Land mines, Hand grenade , IED and Rocket Launchers have been recovered from the terrorists during the operation.
A destructive remnant of war-torn countries, land mines still litter towns, villages and farmland across the globe.
NPA rebels continued to defend their use of land mines, saying the types of land mines they used were command-detonated and did not violate the ban on land mines.
3 (SUNA) - A press conference was held Thursday at the National Centre for Combating Land Mines in Sudan to declare the donation of Japan to 2.1 million dollars for removing land mines.
The village, like so many others in Lebanon, for many years never fully left the Civil War behind, a result of land mines and unexploded ordnance from the conflict littering its fields.
Bush and Clinton administrations, the Pentagon has not used or exported land mines for nearly a quarter century, including the U.S.
Muscat: Oman joined the international treaty banning anti-personnel land mines on August 20, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.
Land mines are one of the most indiscriminate military devices.
WASHINGTON -- After two decades of waffling, the United States on Friday announced its intention to join an international treaty banning land mines, without setting a time frame while working through possible complications on the Korean Peninsula.