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coups d'état

coups d'état is the plural 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

Questions about coups d'état

What is coups d'état the plural of?
Coups d'état is the plural of coup d'état.

Words near coups d'état in the dictionary

  1. couponning
  2. coupons
  3. coups
  4. coups d'etat
  5. coups d'oeil
  6. coups d'état
  7. coups de force
  8. coups de foudre
  9. coups de grace
  10. coups de grâce
  11. coups de maitre

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