| NOUN | artifact | marine mine, floating mine | an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it |
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| Meaning | An explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it. | |
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| Synonym | floating mine | |
| Narrower | magnetic mine | (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship) |
| Broader | mine | explosive device that explodes / explodes on contact |
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