Definition

1. Verb:
   • To detonate an explosive device, typically a mine: The action of causing a mine or similar explosive charge to explode, often for purposes such as demolition, construction, or military action.
   • To blast using explosives: The general act of using explosives to break apart rock, earth, or structures.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Công nhân sẽ nổ mìn để phá núi làm đường. (The workers will detonate explosives to blast the mountain for road construction.)
  • Quân đội đã nổ mìn để phá hủy cây cầu. (The army set off mines to destroy the bridge.)
  • Việc nổ mìn trong khu vực này bị cấm vì lý do an toàn. (Blasting in this area is prohibited for safety reasons.)

Advanced Usage

• "Cho nổ mìn": To have a mine/explosive detonated, to carry out blasting.
  • Họ đã cho nổ mìn một khối đá lớn. (They had a large rock mass blasted.)
• "Vụ nổ mìn": A mine/explosion incident.
  • Vụ nổ mìn đã làm rung chuyển cả tòa nhà. (The explosion incident shook the entire building.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nổ (v): To explode, to detonate. This is the core verb; "nổ mìn" specifies exploding a .
  • Quả bom đã nổ. (The bomb exploded.)
• Mìn (n): Mine (an explosive device).
  • Binh lính dò tìm mìn trên cánh đồng. (Soldiers are detecting mines in the field.)
• Thuốc nổ (n): Explosive (material).
  • Họ vận chuyển thuốc nổ đến công trường. (They transported explosives to the construction site.)

Synonyms

• Phá bằng mìn: To destroy/demolish using mines.
• Cho nổ: To cause to explode, to detonate (more general).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Nổ mìn phá đá: To blast rock.
  • Cần nổ mìn phá đá để mở rộng đường hầm. (We need to blast rock to widen the tunnel.)
• Nổ mìn san lấp: To blast for leveling/land reclamation.
  • Dự án bắt đầu bằng việc nổ mìn san lấp mặt bằng. (The project began with blasting for site leveling.)

Related Idioms

(Note: "Nổ mìn" is a technical/descriptive term and is not commonly used in figurative idioms. Its usage is typically literal.)

1. Set off (explode) a mine