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putsch
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun putsch has 1 sense
- putsch(n = noun.act) coup, coup d'etat, takeover - a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force; Array is a kind of group action
has particulars: countercoup, october revolution, russian revolution
OXFORD DICTIONARY
putsch, n. an attempt at political revolution; a violent uprising.
Etymology
Swiss G, = thrust, blow
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