putsch
[poo ch]
- a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, especially one that depends upon suddenness and speed.
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Origin of putsch
1915–20; < German Putsch, orig. 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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Contemporary Examples
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.
Historical Examples
And I also fail to understand the timing of The Brain's putsch.
The BrainAlexander Blade
They were exploiting a local "putsch" so as to carry out a general "pogrom."
The New GermanyGeorge Young
putsch
- a violent and sudden uprising; political revolt, esp a coup d'état
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Word Origin
C20: from German: from Swiss German: a push, of imitative origin
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Word Origin and History for putsch
n.
1920, from German Putsch "revolt, riot," from Swiss dialect, literally "a sudden blow, push, thrust, shock," of imitative origin.
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