contact mine


noun
  1. a naval mine designed to explode on contact with the hull of a ship.

Origin of contact mine

1
First recorded in 1880–85

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How to use contact mine in a sentence

  • What is the difference between a bushel of wheat and a contact-mine, and if not why not?

    Commander Lawless V.C. | Rolf Bennett