demining

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪnɪŋ

Verb

demining

  1. present participle and gerund of demine

Noun

demining (usually uncountable, plural deminings)

  1. The process of removing and neutralizing mines.
    Synonyms: mine-clearing, unmining
    • 2000, Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-free World, page 856:
      There have also been successive minings and (partial or complete) deminings of Yugoslavia's western border with Croatia since approximately 1991, about which there is fragmentary information.

Translations
process of removing and neutralizing mines — see mine-clearing
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