The objective of Minesweeper is to clear the minefield without detonating the mines.
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Minesweeper
//ˈmaɪnˌswipɚ//
Synonyms for "minesweeper"
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6 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- كانسة الألغام noun (video game)
Catalan
4 entries- caçamines noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- dragamines m. noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- pescamines noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- pescamines noun (video game)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 掃雷 /扫雷 noun (video game)
- 掃雷艦 /扫雷舰 noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
Czech
2 entries- hledání min noun (video game)
- minolovka noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
Danish
2 entries- minestryger noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- minestryger noun (video game)
Dutch
1 entries- mijnenveger noun (video game)
Finnish
3 entries- miinaharava noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- miinaharava noun (video game)
- miinanraivaaja noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
French
3 entries- dragueur de mines noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- démineur noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- démineur noun (video game)
Georgian
1 entries- ტრალერი noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
German
3 entries- Minenabwehrfahrzeug noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- Minenräumboot noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- Minesweeper noun (video game)
Greek
2 entries- ναρκαλιευτής noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- ναρκαλιευτής noun (video game)
Hungarian
3 entries- aknakereső noun (video game)
- aknaszedő/aknamentesítő/aknakutató hajó noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- aknászhajó noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
Icelandic
1 entries- sprengjuleit noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
Italian
3 entries- campo minato noun (video game)
- dragamine noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- sminatore noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
Japanese
3 entries- マインスイーパー noun (video game)
- 掃海艇 noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- 掃海艦 noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
Korean
4 entries- 소뢰정 noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- 소해선 noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- 소해정 noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- 소해함 noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
Norwegian
1 entries- minesveipar (1, 2) noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
Polish
3 entries- saper noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- saper noun (video game)
- trałowiec noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
Portuguese
1 entries- campo minado noun (video game)
Romanian
2 entries- deminor noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- dragor noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
Russian
3 entries- ми́нный трал, тра́льщик noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- сапёр noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- сапёр noun (video game)
Spanish
4 entries- barreminas noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- buscaminas noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- buscaminas noun (video game)
- dragaminas noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
Swedish
3 entries- minröj noun (video game)
- minröjare noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
- minsvepare noun (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
Turkish
1 entries- mayın tarlası noun (video game)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dò mìn noun (video game)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
"Look over at the window! The division head's playing minesweeper again. Can't they go home if they have nothing left to do?" "The head can't just leave while there are still subordinates dealing with problems. They're being mindful in their own way." "They just hit a mine!"
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"Look out the window. The department head is playing Minesweeper again. If they have nothing else to do, why don't they just go home?" "Maybe the department head is trying to be considerate. They might feel it's not right to leave us, the people dealing with problems, behind." "Even then, what don't they realize? Look, they just hit another bomb."
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