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
  • Members of the Democratic Socialists of America have staged electoral coups this summer, unseating several high-profile incumbents in Congress.
    — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026
  • Following military coups, the juntas in the three countries turned from Western allies to Russia for help combating Islamic militants.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of coups
Noun
  • His unpopular reign was marked by disastrous wars, food shortages, unemployment, uprisings, and, ultimately, revolutions—two, to be precise.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
  • Secessionist uprisings in the provinces like Tatarstan or Bashkortistan or Chechnya.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 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
  • Starmer also has angered supporters with attempts to cut welfare spending, some of which were reversed after Labour revolts.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • Then came revolts and revolutions in Ireland, the Swiss cantons, the Rhineland, the Netherlands, the Italian states, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of revolts
Noun
  • The narrative centers on the early careers and shifting dynamic between legendary figures Cao Cao and Yuan Shao as political corruption, peasant rebellions, and personal ambitions push the capital of Luoyang into absolute chaos.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 July 2026
  • That came after several tax rebellions broke out in the last decades of the 18th century.
    — Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
Definition of rebellions
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  • 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
  • The hills look like telluric insurgencies, preserved for millions of years in the pampa’s calm.
    — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
  • Mali has previously faced insurgencies by militants affiliated with al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, as well as a separatist rebellion in the country’s north.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of insurgencies
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