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coup d'etat

coup d'etat is the alternative form of coup d'état.

Meaning of coup d'état

Noun

coup d'état (plural coups d'état or coup d'états)

  1. The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.
    • The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest allies are among dozens of people formally accused by federal police of being part of a criminal conspiracy designed to obliterate Brazil’s democratic system through a rightwing coup d’état.2024 November 21, Tom Phillips, “Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    coup, putsch

Forms of coup d'etat

pluralcoups d'etat
pluralcoup d'etats

Questions about coup d'etat

What is coup d'etat the alternative form of?
Coup d'etat is the alternative form of coup d'état.

Words near coup d'etat in the dictionary

  1. countylike
  2. countywide
  3. coup
  4. Coup Belt
  5. coup d'arret
  6. coup d'etat
  7. coup d'etats
  8. coup d'oeil
  9. coup d'théâtre
  10. coup d'état
  11. coup d'états

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