coup d'etat | | |
n. (act) | 1. coup, coup d'etat, putsch, takeover | a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force. |
| ~ group action | action taken by a group of people. |
| ~ countercoup | a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat. |
| ~ october revolution, russian revolution | the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922. |
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