previous coup
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreviousandcoup
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previous
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈpriː.vi.əs/us/ˈpriː.vi.əs/
happening or existing before something or ...
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coup
noun[C]
uk/kuː/us/kuː/
an unexpectedly ...
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Cognisant of the democratic support of civil society and students in thepreviouscoupattempt, the military unleashed an exceptionally violent coup.
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This had allowed him to help engineer thepreviouscoup.
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This had allowed him to help recruit rebels, avoid loyalists and engineer thepreviouscoup.
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Its leaders had been involved in thepreviouscoupfour years earlier.
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Secondly, as with a number of previous coups, there was factionalism within the military.
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Mataca said that such a stance was hypocritical, as the organizations had failed to condemn thepreviouscoupof 2000.
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Should it not be remembered that some of the people in power today were involved in previous coups?
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Bainimarama, concerned that the legal and racial injustices of the previous coups would be perpetuated, staged his own coup.
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While previous coups were simply line-extenders two-door variants of family sedans, some coups have different sheet metal and styling than their four-door counterparts.
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Unlike in previous coups, there have been no promises of a quick return to civilian rule.
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