Usually means: Clearing hidden explosives from areas.
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  1. minesweeping: Merriam-Webster
  2. minesweeping: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. minesweeping: Collins English Dictionary
  4. minesweeping: Vocabulary.com
  5. minesweeping: Wordnik
  6. minesweeping: Wiktionary
  7. minesweeping: Dictionary.com
  8. Minesweeping: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. minesweeping: Rhymezone
  10. minesweeping: FreeDictionary.org
  11. minesweeping: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. minesweeping: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. minesweeping: Encyclopedia

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  1. minesweeping: Urban Dictionary

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  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (minesweeping)

noun:  (nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
noun:  (slang) The act of looking for and drinking half-drunk alcoholic drinks that have been left by other attendees of a bar or nightclub.

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