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counter-coup noun[ C ] (alsocountercoup)uk /ˈkaʊn.təˌkuː/ us /ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌkuː/ a sudden taking of power from a government that gained power in a coup(= a sudden, illegal taking of government power): The country soon collapsed into a series of military coups and counter-coups. After an attempted counter-coup failed, the King moved to London in the 1970s. The leftwing coup was followed by a bloody counter-coup led by the right wing. A succession of coups, countercoups, wars, and revolutions made the region one of the most volatile areas in the world. The General laughed off rumours of a countercoup. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Taking action against people in power anarchist angry young man anti-apartheid anti-state bring insurrection level up mutineer mutinous mutiny revolt revolution revolutionarily revolutionary ringleader subversiveness topple troublemaker ungovernable uprising |