Meaning & use
putsch
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A sudden, often violent attempt to overthrow a government.
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The failed putsch led to the arrest of several military officers.
Historians still debate what triggered the putsch in 1923.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from German and used in English mainly in historical and political writing, often interchangeably with 'coup d'état.'
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