landmine
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Weaponslandmineland‧mine /ˈlændmaɪn/ noun [countable] PMWa bomb hidden in the ground that explodes when someone walks or drives over itExamples from the Corpuslandmine• The house was hit by a landmine and collapsed.• The train hit a landmine and was then ambushed.• Leicester are the sporting equivalent of those brave landmine engineers who operate in areas where one false move can destroy everything.• It has 58 in-patients, 28 of whom were injured by landmines.• Children, too, are the main victims of landmines.