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View synonyms for putsch

putsch

[ pooch ]

noun

  1. a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, especially one that depends upon suddenness and speed.


putsch

/ pʊtʃ /

noun

  1. a violent and sudden uprising; political revolt, esp a coup d'état
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of putsch1

1915–20; < German Putsch, originally Swiss German: literally, violent blow, clash, shock; introduced in sense “coup” in standard German through Swiss popular uprisings of the 1830s, especially the Zurich revolt of Sept. 1839
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Word History and Origins

Origin of putsch1

C20: from German: from Swiss German: a push, of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

When modern democracies fail, the two Harvard professors write, they typically fail without the drama of a military coup or successful putsch.

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The putsch not only failed in humiliating fashion but also precipitated the collapse of the Soviet Union later that year.

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The German infatuation with Atatürk and Turkey waned after the Beerhall Putsch.

A lack of contenders to replace McConnell also makes a putsch unlikely.

But pity Alison Lundergan Grimes, the primary beneficiary of the anti-Ashley putsch.

Naturally Neurath repeated the standard line, that Röhm had planned a putsch, but Dodd could sense that Neurath was shaken.

The last time Republicans seized control of the House, in 1994, there was an intraparty putsch.

In the street fighting that followed the attempted fascist Putsch a number were killed and wounded.

And I also fail to understand the timing of The Brain's putsch.

They were exploiting a local "putsch" so as to carry out a general "pogrom."

In 1920, a general strike defeated the attempt of the militarists to seize control of the state in the Kapp Putsch.

He gasped once or twice and then started sneezing—hoc-hoc-put-putsch!

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