Synonyms for coup d'etat
ˌku deɪˈtɑ; ˌku deɪˈtɑz, -ˈtɑcoup d'etat

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1. coup d'etat, coup, putsch, takeovernoun

   a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

   Synonyms:
   putsch, takeover, coup

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1. bloodless revolution

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. Luis Almagro:

   Yes, there was a coup d'etat in Bolivia: It occurred on Oct. 20, when electoral fraud was committed that resulted in the victory of the ex-President Evo Morales in the first round.

2. President Nicolas Maduro:

   Their coup d'etat failed, every fascist gets found out.

3. Sergei Gavrilov:

   Our common view is that there's an obvious attempt in Georgia right now to stage a coup d'etat and that extremist forces are trying to seize power.

4. Christian Lindner:

   We are experiencing a coup d'etat from above like in 1933 after the Reichstag fire. He is building an authoritarian regime tailored solely to himself, because the rights and freedoms of the individual no longer play a role, he cannot be a partner for Europe.

5. Flavio Dino:

   I didn’t have access to the document and according to the press reports, it was a decree for a coup d’état that emphasizes what we saw on January 8 (the day of the riots), which wasn’t an isolated case. It was an element of a chain, a link in a coup chain in Brazil that had preparatory and astonishing acts, such as a decree of military intervention in the Electoral Court, which is unconstitutional.