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Collocations for mine - noun

1. for coal, etc.

ADJ.

coal, copper, diamond, salt, tin, etc. | deep, drift, opencast | abandoned, disused

VERB + MINE

operate, run, work | go down, work at/down/in
At 14, he went down the mines.

MINE + VERB

produce sth
At its peak, the mine produced 5,000 tons of coal a day.

MINE + NOUN

shaft (also ‘mineshaft’), workings
flooded mine workings
owner

2. explosive device

ADJ.

anti-personnel, land, limpet

VERB + MINE

lay, plant
soldiers laying anti-personnel mines
clear, dispose of, remove
The troops are slowly clearing the mines.
detonate, hit, set off, strike

MINE + VERB

blow up, explode, go off

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