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coup
noun as in achievement, often by maneuver
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Example Sentences
The former Portuguese colony has seen nine coups or attempted coups since 1980.
Myanmar's military ousted the Nobel laureate's elected government and seized power in a 2021 coup, sparking a civil war.
Sir Robbie also dismissed claims of there having been a "board-level orchestrated coup" over the leaking of the memo as "complete nonsense".
Morgan Gibbs-White applied the coup de grace 12 minutes from the end, by which time many Liverpool supporters had given up and headed for the exits.
Shah told me the notion of a coup was "fanciful".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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