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countercoup
DEFINITIONS OF:
countercoup
1
n
a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
Type of:
coup
,
coup d'etat
,
putsch
,
takeover
a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
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