Counterplot

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  • noun. A plot or scheme intended to subvert another plot.
  • noun. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To oppose or subvert one plot with another.
  • intransitive verb. To plot against; thwart with a counterplot.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To oppose or frustrate by another plot or stratagem.
  • noun. A plot or artifice advanced in opposition to another.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.
  • noun. A plot or artifice opposed to another.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A plot made in opposition to another; a counterploy.
  • verb. To form a plot or plan in opposition to the actions of another.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make a plot in response to another plot
  • noun. a plot intended to subvert another plot
  • Word Usage
    "And as I watch yet another hour of portentous posturing, as Anna blabs on about "the magnitude of what is coming" while the rebels of the Fifth Column counterplot against them, I can't help also wonder what in the world the V's are waiting for."
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    game  plot  secret plan  
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