mine detector

American  

noun

1. an electromagnetic device for locating buried or concealed land mines.

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mine detector British  

noun

1. an instrument designed to detect explosive mines

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Other Word Forms

• mine detection noun

Etymology

Origin of mine detector

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

He said he sometimes has to use a stick to probe for mines, advancing slowly when there is so much shrapnel on the ground that using a mine detector is useless.

From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2023

The team of Ukrainians has been at different sites over the last week learning to use an advanced Japanese mine detector known as the Advanced Landmine Imaging System.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023

He recalls how the foreign instructors told him to always check his mine detector by waving it over a piece of metal before heading out into the field.

From Washington Times • Nov. 13, 2018

“We haven’t got a mine detector or any other equipment,” he said.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2014

Here's a man with an Army mine detector.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association