land mine

noun

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

Example Sentences

The Biden administration’s latest decisions on Atacms and land mines are clearly designed to help Ukraine hold on to territory, both its own and in the Kursk region of Russia.

From BBC

Washington has already been providing anti-tank mines to Ukraine, but the anti-personnel land mines - which can be rapidly deployed - are designed to blunt the advances of ground forces.

From BBC

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

Related Words

• booby trap
• mine