coup 1
noundomain: activity
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
Hypernym
group action 1
noun
action taken by a group of people
Instance_Hypernym
the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922
EnglishHyponym
countercoup 1
noun
a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
Instance_Hyponym
the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922
