minate-mined: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is minate? minate is mined

What is mined?

  • Collocare una o più cariche esplosive in una determinata area: m. un tratto di roccia m. l’ingresso del porto.

    Place one or more explosive charges in a given area: m. a stretch of rock m. the entrance to the port.

  • fig. Logorare inesorabilmente: m. le istituzioni il vizio del bere ha minato la sua fibra.

    Fig. Inexorably wearing out: m. the institutions the habit of drinking has undermined its fiber.

  • Cosparso di mine, spec. a scopo bellico: terreno m.

    Strewn with mines, spec. for war purposes: terrain m.

  • fig. Decisamente compromesso sul piano dell’efficienza fisica o della stabilità: un paese m. dall’inflazione.

    Fig. Decidedly compromised in terms of physical efficiency or stability: a country m. by inflation.

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