Examples of 'coup' in a sentence

Meaning of "coup"

coup: a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government
Show more definitions
  • A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
  • A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery.
  • A coup d'état.
  • A takeover of one group by another.

How to use "coup" in a sentence

Basic
Advanced
coup
A military coup deposes president joão goulart.
The opposition is chortling about some coup.
Annual coup mapping procedures and standards.
It would be a real coup for the company.
The coup must be swift and decisive.
Quite a publicity coup for the terrorists.
The coup perpetrators should not brands.
But the real coup is over there.
The coup is three weeks from today.
Support for the coup remains unproven.
The coup is now known to have failed.
There is an imminent coup in the works in iran.
Your coup stick shows many scalps.
We will have to finance the coup ourselves.
And that coup must be based on principles.

See also

One practically authorises him to back a coup.
I have counted coup on you three times.
This was not just an assassination it was a palace coup.
This criminal coup de main ends now.
Turns out papa tyrant was overthrown in a coup.
Quite a coup your guy pulled off.
The backdrop for the coup was set.
And so the coup de grace is done like this.
Million can fund a nice little coup.
It was a daring coup and passed without bloodshed.
And you are worried about your coup.
A military coup is not a way out of a crisis.
Think before you agree to this coup.
There have been coup plans even earlier.
A popular uprising can not be a military coup.
So prepare for the coup of the century.
The elections were disrupted by the military coup.
He represents everything the coup would be against.
There are too many people in the coup.
Unless there is been a coup and no one told me.
Maybe this was not a homegrown political coup.
We must accomplish the coup this summer.
What happened today was nothing short of a coup.
He gave the army coup his blessing.
The time has come for a coup.
Armed coup aiming to overthrow the democratic regime.
Probably only take you a coup of months.
A military coup has been launched against president bakuto.
The dictator seized power in a military coup.
Minus one for the coup de grâce.
Then she was taken hostage in that coup.
This coup caused us to fall ten years back.
Because he knew of our involvement in the coup.
Executing a coup requires three things.
Supported by several military units he managed a coup.

Synonyms

Search by letter in the English dictionary