Definitions for land mine
land mine

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. land mine, ground-emplaced mine, booby trapnoun

   an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over

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1. land minenoun

   A mine that is placed on land and designed to explode when stepped upon or touched.

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1. Land mine

   A land mine is an explosive device concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it. Such a device is typically detonated automatically by way of pressure when a target steps on it or drives over it, although other detonation mechanisms are also sometimes used. A land mine may cause damage by direct blast effect, by fragments that are thrown by the blast, or by both. Landmines are typically laid throughout an area, creating a minefield which is dangerous to cross. The use of land mines is controversial because of their potential as indiscriminate weapons. They can remain dangerous many years after a conflict has ended, harming civilians and the economy. Seventy-eight countries are contaminated with land mines and 15,000–20,000 people are killed every year while many more are injured. Approximately 80% of land mine casualties are civilians, with children as the most affected age group. Most killings occur in times of peace. With pressure from a number of campaign groups organised through the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, a global movement to prohibit their use led to the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, also known as the Ottawa Treaty. To date, 164 nations have signed the treaty, but these do not include China, the Russian Federation, or the United States.

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1. Land mine

   A land mine is an explosive device, concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets as they pass over or near the device. Such devices are typically detonated automatically by way of pressure from the target stepping or driving on it, though other detonation mechanisms may be possible. The device may cause damage either by a direct blast or by fragments that are thrown by the blast. The name originates from the ancient practice of military mining, where tunnels were dug under enemy fortifications or troop formations by sappers. These killing tunnels were at first collapsed to destroy targets located above, but they were later filled with explosives and detonated in order to cause even greater devastation. Nowadays, in common parlance, land mines generally refer to devices specifically manufactured as anti-personnel or anti-vehicle weapons. Though many types of improvised explosive devices can technically be classified as land mines, the term land mine is typically reserved for manufactured devices designed to be used by recognized military services, whereas IED is used for makeshift devices assembled by paramilitary, insurgent, or terrorist groups.

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1. land mine

   Read the full text of the Land Mine poem by Robert William Service on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of land mine in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of land mine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of land mine in a Sentence

1. Elissa Montanti:

   War is one thing, stepping on a land mine is one thing, but this is so deliberate. It is one human to another, causing such incredible pain that I can't comprehend it.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=land mine
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Land_Mine
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Mine
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=land mine