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aerial mine

noun

  1. Military. a mine designed to be dropped from the air into water.
  2. a bomb or land mine designed to be dropped by parachute.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of aerial mine1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

Specialists unearthed a British bomb in one location, an American aerial mine in another and unidentified incendiary bombs in a third location, the dpa news agency reported Sunday.

From US News

Specialists unearthed a British bomb in one location, an American aerial mine in another and unidentified incendiary bombs in a third location, the dpa news agency reported Sunday.

But the British aerial mine defused on Sunday was one of the biggest found in the country, and its defusal caused disruption across the city of Koblenz.

From Reuters

Britain's tribute to the effectiveness of this campaign has been her effort to retaliate by sending bombers across the North Sea to Helgoland and Sylt, the aerial mine layers' bases.

The pilot's companion in the latter immediately prepares his aerial mine, fixing the detonator, and attaching the mine to the wire.

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