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

I exclusively play Minesweeper on my phone, because I saw someone playing it on the very subway I love to hate on.

From The Verge • Oct. 27, 2018

Minesweeper is awesome, but it wasn’t the driver of the effect.

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

I took Toby out of my pocket and I let him run around and I played Minesweeper and I did the Expert Version in 174 seconds, which was 75 seconds longer than my best time.

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