land mine

noun

1. military an explosive charge placed in the ground, usually detonated by stepping or driving on it

Example Sentences

And Ukraine’s military was already transforming the landscape: new mazes of trenches and bunkers, more closed-off zones and vast fields and forests of land mines.

From New York Times

The Dodgers’ injury-ravaged bullpen had been lurking like a land mine in recent weeks.

From Los Angeles Times

Once over the border, the Russian soldiers easily pushed past fortifications — like trenches, land mines and tank barriers — some of which, Ukrainian troops said, were insufficient or sloppily constructed.

From New York Times

Some 4 million to 6 million land mines and other unexploded munitions are estimated to have littered Cambodia’s countryside during almost three decades of war and disorder that ended in 1998.

From Seattle Times

For years they were mainly targeted with land mines, improvised explosive devices, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank guided missiles, like “shoot and scoot” shoulder-fired systems.

From New York Times

Related Words

• booby trap
• mine