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  • noun Plural form of deminer.

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Examples

  • AFP, it takes two human "deminers" a full day to clear a 200-square-metre minefield.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Toronto Star 2010

  • Bodies of five of the missing deminers were recovered and local officials were able to confirm that at least one more was killed, said Farah province's deputy police chief, Mohammad Ghaws Malyar.

    3 NATO troops die; 6 abducted Afghans killed 2011

  • Bodies of five of the missing deminers were recovered and local officials were able to confirm that at least one more was killed, said Farah province's deputy police chief, Mohammad Ghaws Malyar.

    3 NATO troops die; 6 abducted Afghans killed 2011

  • Before the war broke out, Issam liked to spend his evenings at a beach stand frequented by lots of deminers, on the far end of the strip of shacks.

    A Privilege to Die Thanassis Cambanis 2010

  • And everywhere is the yellow tape denoting the minefields sown so liberally all over Bosnia without proper mapping, cordoning off land that will not be safe to walk on for perhaps another hundred years until the deminers have finally finished their work.

    The Bosnian Trojan Horse 2007

  • And everywhere is the yellow tape denoting the minefields sown so liberally all over Bosnia without proper mapping, cordoning off land that will not be safe to walk on for perhaps another hundred years until the deminers have finally finished their work.

    Archive 2007-12-02 2007

  • To facilitate clearance, Russia and Georgia should provide deminers with information on the location, types, and numbers of cluster munitions used.

    Human Rights Watch: Russia/Georgia: Cluster Bombs' Harm Shows Need to Join Ban 2009

  • The new report is based on multiple follow-up missions; interviews with more than 100 witnesses, deminers, and government officials; and analysis of physical evidence.

    Human Rights Watch: Russia/Georgia: Cluster Bombs' Harm Shows Need to Join Ban 2009

  • Unlike most mine action projects in Afghanistan where trained deminers come from elsewhere to remove landmines and unexploded ordnance, community-based demining utilizes a local workforce that is recruited, trained, and employed by an Afghan NGO that oversees all aspects of the operation.

    Madhavi Bhasin: Explosive Remnants Of War Provide Employment Opportunities For Afghans 2009

  • However, an official with the the British demining group HALO Trust stated in September that the Khmer Rouge are continuing to target civilians and the families of defectors in the northwest, and deminers have recently been uncovering newly planted Chinese-made mines.

    Cambodia News Archive Mekong Network 2008

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