ground-emplaced mine
- noun
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- Farmers are still at risk from ground-emplaced mines left over from the war decades ago.
Examples
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Many casualties during the conflict were caused by ground-emplaced mines hidden along major roads.
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Before advancing, the engineers scanned for ground-emplaced mines to ensure the path was clear.
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A ground-emplaced mine can be deadly if triggered.
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Don't step there! It might be a ground-emplaced mine!
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Before advancing, the engineers scanned for ground-emplaced mines to ensure the path was clear.
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Farmers are still at risk from ground-emplaced mines left over from the war decades ago.
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Many casualties during the conflict were caused by ground-emplaced mines hidden along major roads.
Synonyms
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4.1
A bomb buried in the ground that explodes when someone steps on or moves it
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3.9
An explosive device hidden under the ground that explodes when stepped on
Surface Forms
Morphology
ground-emplaced + mine
The meaning is directly compositional: 'ground-emplaced' denotes placed in or on the ground and combined with 'mine' yields an explosive device positioned in the ground. Although the hyphenated, technical form is somewhat specialized, the modifier+noun structure is predictable and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Ground-emplaced mine paints a clear picture: a mine that is emplaced, meaning put, in the ground and hidden under the soil. Because it sits under the soil and explodes when someone steps on it or a car drives over it, the name means 'an explosive device placed underground that explodes when something presses on it'.