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counter-plotting

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synonyms for counter-plotting

  • blank
  • outwit
  • thwart
  • baffle
  • balk
  • block
  • bury
  • checkmate
  • circumvent
  • confound
  • contravene
  • cook
  • counterplot
  • cross
  • disappoint
  • discomfit
  • disconcert
  • disprove
  • foil
  • invalidate
  • neutralize
  • nonplus
  • nullify
  • overturn
  • puzzle
  • quell
  • reduce
  • refute
  • ruin
  • scuttle
  • shave
  • shellac
  • skunk
  • spoil
  • squash
  • stump
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • surmount
  • undo
  • victimize
  • beat down
  • beat the system
  • cast down
  • cause setback
  • edge out
  • nose out
  • put end to
  • take the wind out of (one's) sails
  • throw for loop
On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to counter-plotting, such as: blank, outwit, thwart, baffle, balk, and block.

antonyms for counter-plotting

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  • abet
  • aid
  • allow
  • approve
  • assist
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • endorse
  • enlighten
  • explain
  • grow
  • help
  • open
  • permit
  • prove
  • support
  • surrender
  • validate
  • win
  • yield
  • encourage
  • give up
  • inspirit
  • lose
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How to use counter-plotting in a sentence

New factions broke out in the city, with plotting and counter-plotting, rioting and executions.
THE STORY OF SIENA AND SAN GIMIGNANOEDMUND G. GARDNER
A constant stream of plotting and counter-plotting makes up the round of Chinese social and political existence.
HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVESJACOB A. RIIS
The malevolent tying of a knot brought mischief upon a man, to be averted only by counter-plotting and counter-knotting.
EVOLUTION IN ARTALFRED C. HADDON
Often the police work quietly, almost secretly, defeating our combinations by clever counter-plotting.
A SET OF SIXJOSEPH CONRAD
A long period of intrigue followed, with plotting and counter-plotting between the different parties concerned.
COUNT FRONTENACWILLIAM DAWSON LESUEUR
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