bloodless coup
Velvet revolution type
A bloodless coup is a seizure of power accomplished without violence or killing.
The term distinguishes successful overthrows where no one dies from the more common violent variety: The military staged a bloodless coup, placing the president under house arrest.
By extension, any takeover achieved without destructive conflict: a bloodless coup in the boardroom.
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
- regimeSystem of governance
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
- takeoverAssuming command of something
power grab · military · palace · palace intrigue · seize power · power · seizure · peaceful · generals · dictator · ouster · velvet · revolution · silent · swift · topple · uprising · political upheaval
- coupsoverthrow, ousting, dethronement, putsch, dethroning
- Glorious RevolutionGlorious Revolution, William III, William of Orange, English Bill of Rights, abdication
bloodless coupviolent coup
Forcible seizure of government
civil war · armed insurrection · armed rebellion · violent overthrow · massacre
bloodless coupdemocratic process
Collective decision-making by citizens
parliamentary vote · democratic revolution · referendum · abdication