demine
Clear buried bombs
To demine is to remove explosive mines from an area, making it safe for habitation or passage.
The work is painstaking and dangerous, often continuing decades after conflicts end: Teams are still demining fields in Cambodia.
Demining may use metal detectors, trained animals, or specialized machinery.
Workday cutoff acronym
- unexplodedFailed to discharge
- ordnanceMilitary weapons collectively
- neutralizationCanceling opposing forces
- detonatorExplosive initiation device
disarmament · booby-trap · defuse · deactivate · anti-tamper · robotics · remote · blasting
Extensive and far-reaching
- probingThoroughly investigating something
- detectorDevice that senses
- sappersSoldiers specializing in fortifications
- excavationAct of unearthing
removal · surveying · marking · trowel · manual · mechanical · flail · sifting
Eye-shading brim
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
- helmetProtective head covering
- prodderOne who urges persistently
- kevlarBullet-resistant synthetic fiber
PPE · safety · shielding · precaution · standoff · tripwire · fragmentation · medevac
After armed struggle ends
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- civiliansNon-military population
returnees · development · aid · NGO · MAG · prosthetics · farming · agriculture
EOD
Workday cutoff acronym
- unexplodedFailed to discharge
- ordnanceMilitary weapons collectively
- neutralizationCanceling opposing forces
detonator · disarmament · booby-trap · defuse · deactivate · anti-tamper · robotics · remote · blasting · demolition
sweeping
Extensive and far-reaching
- probingThoroughly investigating something
- detectorDevice that senses
- sappersSoldiers specializing in fortifications
excavation · removal · surveying · marking · trowel · manual · mechanical · flail · sifting · grid
visor
Eye-shading brim
kevlar · PPE · safety · shielding · precaution · standoff · tripwire · fragmentation · medevac · protocols
post-conflict
After armed struggle ends
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
civilians · returnees · development · aid · NGO · MAG · prosthetics · farming · agriculture · repatriation
deminemine
Ore excavation site
booby-trap · arm · weaponize · militarize · contaminate