putsch
Definitions of putsch
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organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from anothertypes:muiterijopen rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)type of:aanvaring, botsing, collisie, conflict, conflictsituatie, confrontatie, gevecht, kamp, treffen, worstelingan open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
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a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by forcesynonyms: coup, staatsgreepexamples:oktoberrevolutiethe 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 1922type of:actieaction taken by a group of people
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