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soft coup

soft coup noun: the legal removal of a national leader, amounting to a coup, but carried out without military force.

Noun

soft coup (plural soft coups)

  1. The legal removal of a national leader, amounting to a coup, but carried out without military force.

Forms of soft coup

pluralsoft coups

Questions about soft coup

What does soft coup mean?
Soft coup means the legal removal of a national leader, amounting to a coup, but carried out without military force.
What part of speech is soft coup?
Soft coup is a noun.
What is the plural of soft coup?
The plural of soft coup is soft coups.

Words near soft coup in the dictionary

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  2. soft corner
  3. soft corners
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  5. soft counts
  6. soft coup
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  8. soft cs
  9. soft delete
  10. soft deletion
  11. soft deletions

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