coups d'état

noun

variants or coups d'etat also coup d'états or coup d'etats
plural of coup d'état
as in coups

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coups d'état
  1. coups
  2. uprisings
  3. overthrows
  4. revolts
  5. rebellions
  6. insurrections
  7. insurgencies
Noun
  • The movie would star Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda in one of the most celebrating casting coups of its day.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Economic Community of West African States, for instance, was unable to prevent recent coups in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, which violated the body’s protocol on democracy good governance.
    — Eghosa E. Osaghae, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of coups
Noun
  • Set against a backdrop of turbulent transition as the Middle Ages move into modernity, the film follows the three men on their long and arduous journey, across a Europe ravaged by wars and uprisings, to Versailles.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 28 July 2026
  • The representatives to the convention, which also included prominent figures such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, considered the federal government’s ability to deal with uprisings and fiscal policy to be particularly important.
    — Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Definition of uprisings
Noun
  • New York made four errors on the evening, including two overthrows that led to multiple free bases on the same play.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Fields, who went 7-of-11 on the day, had a few overthrows on plays that likely were sacks.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
Definition of overthrows
Noun
  • Donor revolts—growing widespread skepticism toward higher education.
    — Scott White, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The Chumash rebelled in 1824, the latest in a chain of Native Californian revolts against the friars.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
Definition of revolts
Noun
  • In several instances these rituals were utilized during slave rebellions; the New York slave rebellion of 1712 reportedly began with a pact sealed in blood and powder, a practice with African religious parallels.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • That history includes colonial-era rebellions, using drones to monitor land invasions for legal ecological complaints, and protests against new or proposed laws.
    — Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of rebellions
Noun
  • There were rebellions, insurrections and an Appian Way lined with crucifixions.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But the regime, besieged by insurrections across the country, abandoned Manbij.
    — Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
Definition of insurrections
Noun
  • Armed insurgencies by Boko Haram in the north and separatists in the west, along with a stagnant economy, have left many young people disillusioned with the leader.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The hills look like telluric insurgencies, preserved for millions of years in the pampa’s calm.
    — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
Definition of insurgencies
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