noun
a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
• Hypernyms: ↑coup d'etat, ↑coup, ↑putsch, ↑takeover
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/kown"teuhr kooh'/, pl. countercoups /-koohz'/. n.
a coup aimed at the replacement of a government that itself achieved power through an earlier coup.
[1960-65; COUNTER- + COUP1]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.