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.
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61. The coup was immediately put down and the plotters were shot.
62. He had apparently been under the impression that a military coup was in progress.
63. He pulled off a major diplomatic coup by winning agreement from all the warring factions on a permanent ceasefire.
64. Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against the military coup.
65. Jane's affair was the coup de grace to her disintegrating marriage.
66. Since the coup, the country has sunk deeper into a quagmire of violence and lawlessness.
67. Getting this contract has been quite a coup for us.
68. Many people fear that the newly-elected government will be ousted in a military coup and are leaving their country while the going is good.
69. He is accused of complicity with the leader of the coup, former Colonel Gregorio Honasan.
70. The leaders realized belatedly that the coup would be disastrous for everyone.
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71. He was a military strongman who ruled the country after a coup.
72. The president's recent death set the stage for a military coup.
73. It is reported that the governmental troops have successfully squelched an armed coup.
74. Getting a former professional player as coach was a major coup for the club.
75. Following the military coup, there has been a clampdown on press reporting in the capital.
76. The failed coup caused a dramatic loss of morale within the army.
77. They were sentenced to death for their part in April's coup attempt.
78. Mr Ben Bella was deposed in a coup in 1965.
79. Provoke a military coup against Hussein.
80. Chatichai Choonhaven in a bloodless coup on Feb. 23.
81. Naimski, who denied the coup accusations, was dismissed.
82. Joshua Oupo Gqozo, survived a further attempted coup.
83. S.-backed coup which overthrew a democratically elected government.
84. The Stadium management thinks it's a major coup.
85. The transfer is a great coup for Alex Ferguson and, at £1.2m has got to be classed as a bargain.
86. Her parents were granted political asylum in the United States in 1948 following a Communist coup in Czechoslovakia.
87. These Seventies coup s turn up at auctions like bad teeth at an infant's school dental check.
88. It was reported that he would be tried by a military court on corruption charges and for plotting an alleged coup.
89. Even now, although the latest rebellion has been contained, military leaders say another coup attempt is possible.
90. Getting to host the race was a coup for the Santa Cruz Yacht Club.
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.