Meanings of hit a mine in English

Correspondent Howard Marshall described what happened when his barge hit a mine.

On Tuesday, two soldiers died and nine were injured when a government minister's convoy hit a mine in northern Mali.

Three US soldiers were injured today when their Humvee vehicle hit a mine on the road near the Iraqi town of Fallujah.

At one point crossing the Rhine, the troop carrier Foote was in hit a mine, killing the man sitting next to him.

And then the left front tire hit a mine, and the blast blew Major Stummer out of the car like a bloody pinwheel.

The company hopes this will help prevent security problems like those that hit a mine in nearby Muzo, known as the world's emerald capital.

Moscow - Four Russian policemen were killed in the Chechen capital, Grozny, yesterday when their car hit a mine, the Russian Itar-Tass news agency said.

One of these special bullets can cut through 60 feet of seawater and hit a mine at more than 2,300 miles per hour.

And foremost among those is the injuries that happen when a vehicle hits a mine or is damaged by a roadside bomb.

The submarine, identified as S-2, was sunk with all 50 hands in January 1940 after hitting a mine.

"You know that girls' day out we never had because I hit a mine?" she said.

"She hit a mine, sir," reported Lieutenant Fernald.

"And if you hit a mine?"