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    FLOATING MINE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into itplay

    Synonyms:

    floating mine; marine mine

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("floating mine" is a kind of...):

    mine (explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "floating mine"):

    magnetic mine ((nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship))

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