coup d'état

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Recent Examples of coup d'état Viktor learns of a coup d'etat in his country while at New York's JFK Airport, and, after the U.S. refuses to recognize his passport, he is forced to stay at the airport's terminal. Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025 Spain The former king of Spain, Juan Carlos, saw an explosion of popularity in the 1980s after helping to foil a coup d'etat attempt. Justin Klawans, theweek, 27 Feb. 2024 The ceremony came after Nguema seized power in a coup d'etat last week, in the latest usurping of control in African countries. Justin Klawans, The Week, 4 Sep. 2023 Bazoum was deposed from power three weeks ago during a coup d'etat that installed a military junta in Niger, and has been imprisoned in the basement of the presidential palace ever since. Justin Klawans, The Week, 12 Aug. 2023 Fighting began after the RSF attempted to seize control of the Sudanese government in an ongoing coup d'etat. Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Apr. 2023 Also in attendance at that event was the junta leader who seized power in Guinea a little over a year after Mali's coup d'etat. Krista Larson, ajc, 24 Sep. 2022 In August 1991, hard-liners in the government launched an abortive coup d'etat. William Welch and Jorge Ortiz, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022 The 84-year-old former leader was overthrown in a coup d'etat in September by a military junta that now leads the West African country. Washington Post, 5 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coup d'état
Noun
  • The Turkish leader has also used the 2016 coup attempt against him as an excuse to pull apart the rule of law and any vestiges of institutional governance in Turkey.
    Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
  • These tariff rates range between 25% and 50%, with the highest tariff reserved for Brazil, where Trump has objected to the prosecution of the country’s former, right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly plotting a coup.
    Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The succession of scandals crescendoes to cause internal revolt.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 July 2025
  • During the English Civil War in 1642, the medieval crown jewels were destroyed as a symbol of revolt against the monarchy.
    Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Those dismissed include two attorneys who worked as supervisors overseeing the Jan. 6 prosecutions in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington as well as a line attorney who prosecuted cases stemming from the Capitol riot and insurrection, the people said.
    Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • Once the security forces started killing and torturing enough protesters, the demonstrations, which did spiral into insurrections in 2017 and 2019, petered out.
    ERIC EDELMAN, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Intifada is an Arabic word for uprising, and in a Palestinian context usually refers to two periods of violence between Israeli authorities and Palestinian militant groups and demonstrators.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
  • The interim government has banned the Awami League party and amended relevant laws to allow the trial of the former ruling party for its role during the uprising.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Buhari’s first term was characterized by war on many fronts, including the Boko Haram insurgency, the secessionist pro-Biafra movement in the east of Nigeria and rampaging Fulani herdsmen across Nigeria.
    Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
  • What followed was a maelstrom: insurgency, sectarian bloodshed, and the birth of ISIS.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025

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“Coup d'état.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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