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Meanings of putsch in English

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The sudden overthrow of a government.

        Portuguese
        golpe de estado
        Catalan
        cop d'estat

        A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.

              golpe de estado
              Usage of putsch in English
              1
              The putsch lasted a week and the government was restored last Wednesday.
              Reuters
              2
              The Communist putsch in Germany was smashed by the German government.
              The gates of november
              3
              The army denied a putsch was imminent, saying police could handle the protests.
              Reuters
              4
              It's only a matter of time before putsch comes to shove.
              The Irish Times
              5
              A decade later, rivals waged a short-lived putsch against Chavez himself.
              Reuters
              6
              There were already rumors that the Bolsheviks were plotting a putsch.
              Rasputin's daughter
              7
              In all, 11 people died in protests against the putsch.
              Reuters
              8
              It would be seen as tantamount to a Malazan putsch!
              Orb Sceptre Throne
              9
              In the wake of the putsch, the heads of the military were all fired.
              The Guardian
              10
              The military putsch plunged Mali into chaos and allowed Islamists to seize its desert north.
              Reuters
              11
              Chavez accuses the U.S. government of backing the putsch.
              Reuters
              12
              At the time of the Communist putsch in 1948 she escaped but he did not.
              The new yorker
              13
              Historians may remember this as the one-beer, one-man putsch.
              The Guardian
              14
              Gulen has denied any involvement in the abortive putsch.
              Reuters
              15
              Orange dissidents staged an unsuccessful putsch against their leadership.
              The Irish Times
              16
              As one cabinet minister after another declared undying loyalty, another half-cocked putsch looks unlikely in October.
              The Guardian
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