minesweeper

/mahyn-swee-per/US // ˈmaɪnˌswi pər //UK // (ˈmaɪnˌswiːpə) //

扫雷器,扫雷,扫雷者,扫雷车

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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

It may be apropos to say here that the smaller class of minesweeper is usually blown to pieces if she touches a mine.
A few seconds later another bomb fell close to a minesweeper and a fragment gashed the decks but did not penetrate them.
Minesweeper Lingfield to take off surplus steaming parties of block ships, which had 100 miles to steam.