HyperDic: countercoup

English > 1 sense of the word countercoup:
NOUNactcountercoupa sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
English > countercoup: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat.
Broadercoup d'etat, coup, putsch, takeoverA sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

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