Putsch definition

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A sudden attempt by a group to overthrow a government.
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A sudden, planned attempt to overthrow a government.
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A coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government.
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Noun

Singular:
putsch
Plural:
putsches

Origin of putsch

  • German from German dialectal from Middle High German thrust of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Putsch, from Alemannic German Putsch (“knock, thrust"), of imitative origin.

    From Wiktionary

Putsch Sentence Examples

  • After the military putsch in 1980 she went to Europe.

  • Alice and her family suffered hardships during the civil war following the Bolshevik putsch.

  • The French parliament argued that a fascist putsch was looming.

  • Only those who hold such a ridiculously pedantic view could vilify the Irish rebellion by calling it a ' putsch '.

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