countercoup

Other forms: countercoups

Definitions of countercoup
  1. noun
    a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
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    type of:
    coup, coup d'etat, putsch, takeover
    a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
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