SINCE 1828
countercoup
noun
coun·ter·coup
| \ ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈkü
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variants:
or counter-coup
plural countercoups
or counter-coups
Definition of countercoup
: a coup d'état to overthrow or alter a government that was established by an earlier coup d'état
… in 1963, the Baathists had seized power in a coup only to lose it nine months later in a countercoup …— Jason Zengerle
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