land mine
Britishnoun
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Pentagon safety inspectors came to the Tennessee property of explosives manufacturer Accurate Energetic Systems four times a year, tasked with examining facilities that made land mines, demolition charges and other products for the military.
She even pulls off lines that should be clangers: “I really hope we don’t die in a land mine today.”
From Los Angeles Times
With no expertise in clearing land mines, all the White Helmets can do for now is cordon these fields off, and hammer down signs along their borders warning people off.
From BBC
He said “stepping up monitoring and preparedness” is needed to avoid “triggering the land mine into a full-scale pandemic.”
From Salon
In the past, these rats have been used to find land mines, sniff out diseases, and help search for people after earthquakes.
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