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COUNTERCOUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does countercoup mean?
• COUNTERCOUP (noun)
The noun COUNTERCOUP has 1 sense:
1. a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
Familiarity information: COUNTERCOUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("countercoup" is a kind of...):
coup; coup d'etat; putsch; takeover (a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force)
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