coups
Sudden government takeovers
Coups is the plural of coup, a sudden seizure of power, especially the overthrow of a government: The region has seen three coups in a decade.
More broadly, a coup is any notably successful move or accomplishment: Landing that client was a real coup.
The full form coup d'état specifies political overthrows.
Violent governmental overthrow
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
revolt · putsch · regime change · takeover · junta · usurpation · sedition · power grab
Supremely skillful action
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- featRemarkable act of skill
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
success · breakthrough · conquest · attainment · glory · decisive action · power play · checkmate
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
mutiny · revolt · putsch · regime change · takeover · junta · usurpation · sedition · power grab · conspiracy
masterstroke
Supremely skillful action
accomplishment · success · breakthrough · conquest · attainment · glory · decisive action · power play · checkmate
- West African Historycolonial era, colonial rule, independence movement, French colonialism, French colonization
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- PakistanIslamabad, Karachi, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan
- Vietnam WarVietnam War, Vietnam, Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, Viet Cong
coupselections
Formal choosing of officials
democratic elections · free elections · popular votes · popular vote · democratic processes
coupsstability
Resistance to displacement
continuity · political order · status quo · constitutional order · normalcy
- coups d'étatSudden unlawful government overthrows
- military coupArmed seizure of government
- bloodless coupNonviolent government seizure
- coup d'etatForcible seizure of power
- coup de graceDecisive finishing stroke
- coup attemptFailed government overthrow effort
coup, recoup, coupe, coup d'état, coupé, countercoup, coup d'etat, countercoups, coupés