Synonym: coup d'etat, putsch, takeover. Similar words: couple, a couple of, do up, go up, soup, group, control group, court. Meaning: [kuː] 
n. 1. a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force 2. a brilliant and notable success.
n. 1. a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force 2. a brilliant and notable success. 
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31. He assumed power in a bloody coup in 1990.
32. Stock markets plunged at the news of the coup.
33. The president was overthrown in a military coup.
34. The government was thrown off-balance by the attempted coup.
35. A confused situation followed the military coup.
36. The coup failed because of miscalculations by the plotters.
37. Coup plotters tried to seize power in Moscow.
38. The president fell from power during the military coup.
39. The coup failed but the government fell shortly afterwards.
40. Left-wing groups engineered a coup against the military government.
41. Getting the contract was quite a coup.
42. Winning that contract was her greatest coup.
43. He evaded capture after the failed coup .
44. The monarch was exiled because of the coup.
45. The army staged a coup .
46. The military were plotting a coup.
47. He managed to pull off a major diplomatic coup.
48. Military officers were suspected of plotting a coup.
49. He deposed his father in a palace coup.
50. The president was deposed in a military coup.
51. The rebel soldiers seized power in a bloodless coup.
52. I got him to come to a party which was something opf a coup.
53. The news of the coup threw them into into a state of panic.
54. My disastrous exam results dealt the coup de grace to my university career.
55. The king was deposed by his son in a palace coup.
56. The sale is a big coup for the auction house.
57. He was accused of being the main instigator of the coup.
58. In the aftermath of the coup,[http://sentencedict.com/coup.html] the troops opened fire on the demonstrators.
59. A palace coup led by General Rodriguez has toppled the dictator.
60. After the military coup, the family left for self-imposed exile in America.
More similar words: couple, a couple of, do up, go up, soup, group, control group, court, could, couch, course, cousin, county, country, count on, count out, of course, council, counter, account, discourse, courtroom, discount, encourage, courageous, account for, discourage, counselor, in due course, encouraging.