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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A vehicle, device or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or water mines). countable, uncountable
2. 2
   ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines wordnet
3. 3
   A logic-based computer game in which the player has to discover the position of mines in a rectangular grid, based on numerical hints. uncountable

Example

More examples

"The objective of Minesweeper is to clear the minefield without detonating the mines."

Etymology

From mine + sweeper.

Related phrases

destroyer minesweepercomputer game

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