bounding mine

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bounding mine [¦bau̇n·diŋ ′mīn]

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Type of antipersonnel mine usually buried just below the surface of the ground; it has a small charge which throws the case up into the air; this case explodes at a height of 3 or 4 feet (1 or 1.2 meters), throwing shrapnel or fragments in all directions.

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