Booby trap
Booby trap noun - A usually concealed explosive device designed to go off when disturbed.
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Scheme and booby trap are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scheme" instead a noun phrase "Booby trap".
Scheme
Scheme noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Booby trap and scheme are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Booby trap" instead a noun "Scheme".
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He did it to turn the title character's scheme of masquerading as the Doctor back on him to infiltrate his base...and booby trap his superweapon to destroy the planet.
Source: The Coats Are Off - The entire plot turns out to be a huge scheme to extend the edge long enough for people in the future to disarm the bombs their enemies had set as a booby trap.
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