minesweeper

American  

[mahyn-swee-per] / ˈmaɪnˌswi pər /

noun

Navy.

1. a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines.

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minesweeper British  

/ ˈmaɪnˌswiːpə /

noun

1. a naval vessel equipped to detect and clear mines

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• minesweeping
  noun

Etymology

Origin of minesweeper

First recorded in 1900–05; mine ² + sweeper

Example Sentences

The path at the next World Cup in 2023 will be even more treacherous, like a Minesweeper game on a higher difficulty.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2021

There are a ton of Minesweeper games in the App Store, but I’ve never been able to find the right one, and here was someone in front of me, mining away.

From The Verge • Oct. 27, 2018

Others were given five minutes to first play Minesweeper or Solitaire.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2016

Sixty percent are in disrepair, cracked and rutted; driving on them is often a game of vehicular Minesweeper.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2015

Then I turned my computer on and played 76 games of Minesweeper and did the Expert Version in 102 seconds, which was only 3 seconds off my best time, which was 99 seconds.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon