Definition of deminer in US English:

noun

• See demine

  Example sentences

  • ‘In September I had the opportunity to visit some mine sites, and watch manual deminers prod the ground every two centimeters to locate mines.’
  • ‘Part of the funding will be used to provide life insurance cover for deminers and to pay compensation for victims of the mines, he said.’
  • ‘This is several thousands times faster than the technique used by trained deminers equipped with probes, who clear 40m² of mined area per day.’
  • ‘Rather than expose deminers to the danger of handling a possibly booby-trapped device, several methods have been proposed for destroying mines in situ without actually detonating them.’
  • ‘At the end of each shift in the minefields, the deminers detonate the mines they've found in situ.’