COUPS DE MAIN Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

coups de main

noun

plural of coup de main

as in attacks

the act or action of setting upon with force or violence the Continental Army's attack on the British-Hessian encampment at Trenton, New Jersey, ranks as one of the most brilliant coups de main of the war

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Noun

Monday's attacks on a shelter and former school with bunker-busting bombs came as people were lined up for aid in Komyshuvakha, a village in the Zaporizhzhia region.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
Russia ramped up its aerial attacks on towns and cities across the country over the summer, striking at all times of the day.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of attacks

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After the raids ramped up in January, tens of thousands of former workers ended up in the capital, Phnom Penh, many sleeping in the streets.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
American bombers aiming for Nantes’ port hit the city center instead, killing about 1,400 people and destroying more than 700 buildings in two raids.

— Shahnaz Bashir, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of raids

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Ukraine can conduct localized offensives but not enough to shift the broader battlefield balance, despite mounting Russian losses.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Only small offensives are possible Ukraine can conduct localized offensives but not enough to shift the broader battlefield balance, despite mounting Russian losses.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of offensives

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International games don’t always deliver marquee offenses, but Spanish fans should get a good look at one of the league’s hottest quarterbacks.

— Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Morrow is a 45-year-old woman convicted of misdemeanor assault and three petty offenses for blocking a Department of Homeland Security building and touching an agent’s shoulder in south Charlotte last November.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of offenses

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Its songs are littered with black holes, disasters, nuclear bombs; there are guttural screams and onslaughts of distorted guitar.

— Marissa Lorusso, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
In fact, reported evidence suggests this software commitment (from a company making its revenue from hardware) has been crucial to Nvidia’s success in fending off onslaughts from other hardware vendors such as Intel.

— Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of onslaughts

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Experts said some of the tension – particularly on issues related to diesel, with Trump blaming Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries for soaring prices rather than the Iran war – may dissipate after the US midterms.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
DeShields was 18-of-33 passing for 294 yards and threw scoring strikes of 1, 55 and 19 yards to Harris.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of strikes

Noun

But what fleeting experiments the band attempts don’t gel into much.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026
The 2026 second-round pick out of Louisville converted his first three 3-point attempts, at a stage the rest of his teammates were 4 of 14 from beyond the arc.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026

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coups de grâce

coups de main

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