minesweeper

The game

Meaning

Noun

  • A vehicle, device or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or water mines).
  • A logic-based computer game in which the player has to discover the position of mines in a rectangular grid, based on numerical hints.

Origin

  • mine + sweeper

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