close by mining(пролив, порт • The Reagan Administration moved to correct the problem with a program to build 31 mine hunters and minesweepers. It did so amid repeated warnings by naval experts that strategic waters, including those of the Persian Gulf, were especially vulnerable to being closed by mining.nytimes.com)
sow mines; plant explosives(My time in the Arctic coincided with almost constant military activity, by land, air, and sea. The Finns practiced taking off and landing fighter jets on remote roads, and planting explosives along the routes to Russia; the Norwegians trained Ukrainian special forces in unpopulated fjords. (newyorker.com)ART Vancouver)
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