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1. Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
    
2. Explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel

1. Belonging to me
   "that glass is mine"

1. Get from the earth by excavation
   "mine ores and metals"
    
2. Lay mines
   "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"

Derived forms: mining, mines, mined

See also: miner, mining

Type of: excavation, exploit, explosive device, reenforce, reinforce, tap

Part of: colliery, pit

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