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PRONUNCIATION OF MINE-CLEARING

mine-clearing  [ˈmaɪnˌklɪərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINE-CLEARING

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Mine-Clearing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MINE-CLEARING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mine-clearing

Demining

Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing either land mines, or naval mines, from an area, while minesweeping describes the act of detecting of mines. There are two distinct types of mine detection and removal: military and humanitarian. Minesweepers use many tools in order to accomplish their task. Tools have historically included many trained animals, including dogs and rats, but most often in the modern world minesweepers rely on metal detectors or vehicles with a wide variety of mechanical tools attached to them. There also are or have been other methods developed to detect mines, including the use of trained marine mammals, bacteria, acoustics, and other more exotic methods.

Definition of mine-clearing in the English dictionary

The definition of mine-clearing in the dictionary is the process of disarming and removing explosive mines from an area.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MINE-CLEARING


admiring
ədˈmaɪərɪŋ
aspiring
əˈspaɪərɪŋ
bioengineering
ˌbaɪəʊˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
cheering
ˈtʃɪərɪŋ
clearing
ˈklɪərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
firing
ˈfaɪərɪŋ
gearing
ˈɡɪərɪŋ
hearing
ˈhɪərɪŋ
inspiring
ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ
interfering
ˌɪntəˈfɪərɪŋ
layering
ˈleɪərɪŋ
leering
ˈlɪərɪŋ
mountaineering
ˌmaʊntɪˈnɪərɪŋ
pioneering
ˌpaɪəˈnɪərɪŋ
retiring
rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ
shearing
ˈʃɪərɪŋ
steering
ˈstɪərɪŋ
tiring
ˈtaɪərɪŋ
wiring
ˈwaɪərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINE-CLEARING

mine
mine detection
mine detector
mine disposal
mine dump
mine-sweeping
mineable
minefield
minehunter
minelayer
minelaying
miner
miner´s right
mineral
mineral deposits
mineral dressing
mineral jelly
mineral kingdom
mineral oil
mineral pitch

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINE-CLEARING

ball bearing
Baring
bearing
bring
caring
child-bearing
child rearing
daring
file sharing
file-sharing
glaring
interest-bearing
overbearing
paring
photo-sharing
roaring
soaring
sparing
staring
tearing
wearing

Synonyms and antonyms of mine-clearing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mine-clearing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINE-CLEARING

Find out the translation of mine-clearing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mine-clearing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mine-clearing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

扫雷
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desminado
570 millions of speakers

English

mine-clearing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मेरा समाशोधन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إزالة الألغام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разминирования
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

remoção de minas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খনি-ক্লিয়ারিং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déminage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembersihan lombong
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Minenräumung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地雷除去
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

광산 삭제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mine-clearing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gở mìn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

என்னுடையது-நிலவர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाण क्लिअरिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mayın temizleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sminamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oczyszczenie terenów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розмінування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de deminare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποναρκοθέτησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

myn -skoonmaak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

minröjning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

minerydding
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mine-clearing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINE-CLEARING»

The term «mine-clearing» is normally little used and occupies the 116.396 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MINE-CLEARING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mine-clearing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mine-clearing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mine-clearing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINE-CLEARING»

Discover the use of mine-clearing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mine-clearing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cambodia limited progress on free elections, human rights, ...
Clearing Land Mines The Cambodian Mine Action Center's (CMAC) mine- clearing efforts have been hindered from its start by limited funding. CMAC was established in June 1992 to create a Cambodian institution to continue mine- clearing ...
United States, General Accounting Office
2
T-72 Main Battle Tank 1974-93
EMT-7 Mine clearing system The EMT-7 was developed by Lt.Col. Richter of the PiLAS 2 engineer centre at Storkow. It was designed to create an electro- magnetic pulse that would detonate NATO magnetic influence mines not susceptible to ...
Steven J. Zaloga, Michael Jerchel, Stephen Sewell, 1993
3
Putting "defense" Back Into U.S. Defense Policy: Rethinking ...
Thus, the navy is developing organic mine-clearing systems that can deploy with battle groups and amphibious forces. But as the navy emphasizes, no "silver bullet" solution to the problem of sea mines exists. Organic mine- clearing systems ...
Ivan Eland, 2001
4
Mine-Clearing Line Charge
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2011
5
The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
Mine-clearing. rollers. Gun tractors Karl ammunition carriers. By late 1943 plans for the amphibious landings in northern France had reached the stage where it was decided to have deep-wading recovery vehicles on hand at the beaches to ...
Chris Bishop, 2002
6
Modelling the Matilda Infantry Tank
Matilda AMRA Mark IA Mine clearing. Matilda-based mine roller device. Matilda Baron 1 Mine clearing. Flail tank version with chain and sprocket drive. Matilda Baron II Mine clearing. Rebuilt Baron l with shaft-drive from six-cylinder Bedford ...
Mark Bannerman, Robert Oehler, 2004
7
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Post-conflict Reconstruction
Any ongoing mine-clearing capacity should be immediately diverted to the priority sites where there is a mine hazard. This would include making use of military mine-clearing. However, if no capacity is available, this would have to be procured ...
‎2000
8
The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the ...
... CM = minelayer; LPH = amphibious assault ship; LSD > landing ship; LST = tank landing ship; LSV = vehicle landing ship dock A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat ( RHIB) engaged in mine clearing operations approaches the high speed vessel Swift ...
Norman Polmar, 2005
9
The US Army in World War II (3): Northwest Europe
... steel girder Bailey bridge with a 40-ton loading capacity (i.e. capable of carrying tanks). The Bailey was quick to put in, but erecting it Mine-clearing, Trier, Germany, March 1945: engineers from the 1 0th Armored Division pay the price ...
‎2001
10
T-54 and T-55 Main Battle Tanks 1944-2004
A T-55 tank fitted with a KMT-4 mine-clearing blade can travel at normal speeds until the blade is lowered. During minesweeping operations, its speed is reduced to 12km/h. Each tank company has an allotment of three sets of KMT-4, although  ...
Steven J. Zaloga, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINE-CLEARING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mine-clearing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Trained rats help clear Cambodian minefields
APOPO has used the rodents for mine-clearing projects in several countries, including Angola, Mozambique, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. «ITV News, Jul 15»
2
Army, Air Force fit MRAP with freaking mine-clearing lasers
This post is appearing on Autoblog Military, Autoblog's sub-site dedicated to the vehicles, aircraft and ships of the world's armed forces. «Autoblog, Jul 15»
3
OSCE mission offers militia and Ukrainian army to jointly clear mines …
... Monitor Alexander Hug believes that soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and militants should jointly conduct a mine-clearing operation in ... «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»
4
Anti-Tank Mine Kills Man in Oddar Meanchey
Mr. Lorn said that mine-clearing agencies, including the Cambodian Mine Action Center and Halo, have cleared mines in the commune in the ... «The Cambodia Daily, Jun 15»
5
This 61-Year-Old Tank Still Fights Everywhere
Specialist T-55 variants with mine-clearing rollers, bridges, flamethrowers and recovery cranes were produced alongside the gun tanks, too. «War is Boring, Jun 15»
6
Littoral Ship Found Vulnerable to Attack Before Heading to Asia
... task at a time, with modules that could be swapped out for different missions such as mine-clearing and anti-submarine or surface warfare. «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
7
From Sailors To Robots: A Revolution In Clearing Mines
So, in spite of the decision to curtail the LCS buy, new mine-clearing technologies may end up spreading widely through the fleet. «Breaking Defense, Apr 15»
8
Mine-clearing truce signed in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — A breakthrough agreement to begin clearing Colombia, one of the most mined countries in the world, of its ... «Jamaica Observer, Mar 15»
9
EDITORIAL: Abe's case for SDF mine-clearing missions in key oil …
While Komeito has shown a cautious stance toward the mine-clearing missions, Abe is aggressively reiterating his argument as though he ... «Asahi Shimbun, Feb 15»
10
Littoral Ship's Mine-Clearing Equipment Flawed, U.S. Tester Says
The mine-clearing modules, which consist of sensors, drones and MH-60 helicopters with detection gear, are intended to replace aging ... «Bloomberg, Jan 15»

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