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MINEFIELD CLEARING [3 records]

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Record 1 2018-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demolition (Military)
  • Land Mines
CONT

Their minefield reconnaissance party had come under heavy fire and retired while the sappers began clearing a gap through the wrong minefield and lost contact with the [reconnaissance] party.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Destruction (Militaire)
  • Mines terrestres

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demolition (Military)
  • Land Mines
DEF

The process of removing all mines from a route or area.

OBS

mine clearance: term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

mine clearance; minefield clearing : terms officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.

Key term(s)
  • minefield clearance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Destruction (Militaire)
  • Mines terrestres
DEF

Action d'enlever toutes les mines d'un itinéraire ou d'une zone.

OBS

déminage : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN; terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

déminage; dégagement de zone minée : termes uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Destrucción (Militar)
  • Minas terrestres
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Record 3 2002-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Warfare
  • Land Mines
  • Demolition (Military)
DEF

In land mine warfare, the process of clearing a lane through a minefield under tactical conditions.

OBS

minefield breaching: term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

minefield breaching: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre des mines
  • Mines terrestres
  • Destruction (Militaire)
DEF

En guerre des mines sur terre, déminage d'un itinéraire dans un environnement tactique. [Définition normalisée par l'OTAN.]

DEF

En guerre des mines terrestre, processus selon lequel on démine un passage à travers un champ de mines dans des conditions tactiques.

OBS

ouverture d'un champ de mines; ouverture d'un passage : termes et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du Génie.

OBS

ouverture d'un champ de mines : terme normalisé par l'OTAN.

OBS

franchissement de champs de mines : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guerra de minas
  • Minas terrestres
  • Destrucción (Militar)
DEF

En guerra de minas terrestre, proceso de limpieza para abrir brechas en un campo de minas, bajo determinadas condiciones tácticas.

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