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GUNPOWDER PLOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Gunpowder Plot" is a kind of...):
cabal; conspiracy (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))
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