GC: n

S: EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/technology/antipersonnel-mine (last access: 10 October 2015); The monitor – http://www.the-monitor.org/index.php/LM/The-Issues/Landmines (last access: 19 November 2013).

N: 1. A mine designed to wound, kill or otherwise incapacitate personnel.
2. It may be detonated by the action of its victim.
3. anti-personnel mine; A pers mine: term, shortened form and definition officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.
4. anti-personnel mine; A pers mine: term and shortened form officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.
5. They can lie dormant for years and even decades under, on or near the ground until a person or animal triggers their detonating mechanism.
6. They can be activated by direct pressure from above, by pressure put on a wire or filament attached to a pull switch, by a radio signal or other remote firing method, or even simply by the proximity of a person within a predetermined distance. Because no one controls the detonation of landmines, they can be referred to as victim-activated weapons.
7. Since mines are not aimed at a specific target they can indiscriminately kill or injure civilians, including children, soldiers, peacekeepers, and aid workers.
8. Made of plastic, metal or other materials, mines contain explosives and some contain pieces of shrapnel.
9. A landmine blast can be fatal or cause injuries such as blindness, burns, damaged limbs, and shrapnel wounds. Stepping on a blast antipersonnel mine will invariably cause foot and leg injuries, and secondary infections usually resulting in amputation.

S: 1, 2, 3 & 4. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 19 November 2013). 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9. The monitor – http://www.the-monitor.org/index.php/LM/The-Issues/Landmines (last access: 19 November 2013).

GV: anti-personnel mines

S: TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 19 November 2013)

SYN: 1. A pers mines, anti-personnel trip mines. 2. antipersonnel land mines, antipersonnel landmines, land mines, landmines. 3. antipersonnel mines. 4. antipersonnel landmines.

S: 1. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 19 November 2013); FCB. 2. GDT (last access: 19 November 2013); FCB. 3. EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/technology/antipersonnel-mine (last access: 10 October 2015); FCB. 4. The monitor – http://www.the-monitor.org/index.php/LM/The-Issues/Landmines (last access: 19 November 2013).

CR: amputation