See also: Putsch

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Borrowed from German Putsch, from Alemannic German Putsch (knock, thrust, blow), of imitative origin.

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  • IPA(key): /pʊt͡ʃ/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊtʃ

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putsch (plural putsches)

  1. A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government.
    Synonyms: coup, coup d'état
    Afterward, the ringleaders of the failed putsch were publicly executed.
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      "They have broken the democratic rules of the game by supporting popular mobilisation that has resulted in what can be dubbed a "people power putsch"."

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Borrowed from German Putsch.

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putsch m (plural putschen)

  1. A putsch, a coup d'état.
    Synonyms: coup, staatsgreep

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Borrowed from German Putsch.

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putsch m (plural putschs)

  1. putsch; military coup d'état

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From Alemannic German Putsch.

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putsch m (plural putsches)

  1. putsch; coup (effort to overthrow the government)
    Synonyms: golpe de estado, golpe

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Borrowed from German Putsch.

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putsch m (plural putsch or putsches)

  1. putsch; coup (effort to overthrow the government)
    Synonyms: golpe de estado, golpe