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Noun
                                                
                        
                            countermine
                        
                                                
                                                    
                
                    
                    Definition: (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy
Definition: A mine used by defenders to intercept an enemy mine or tunnel.
Verb
                        
                        
                            sabotage
                        
                        
                        
                            undermine
                        
                        
                        
                            countermine
                        
                        
                        
                            counteract
                        
                        
                        
                            subvert
                        
                        
                        
                            weaken
                        
                        
                        
                    
                    Definition: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
                        
                        
                            countermine
                        
                        
                        
                                    
                
                    
                    Definition: destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; "We countermined the banks of the river"
Definition: To plot opposition; to frustrate the initiatives of another.