military coup

collocation in English

meaningsofmilitaryandcoup

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military
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tər.i/us
/ˈmɪl.ə.ter.i/
relating to or belonging to the ...
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coup
noun[C]
uk
/kuː/us
/kuː/
an unexpectedly ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryandcoupfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmilitary coup

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First, the military lacked the coherence for a successfulmilitarycoupbecause the navy opposed it.
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Following eachmilitarycoupand subsequent return to civilian rule, the executive had the opportunity to select new judges.
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After themilitarycoup, religious education became mandatory in the school system, and graduates of religious schools were allowed to attend university.
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After themilitarycoupof 1960, he was elected to serve on the commission that drafted a new constitution.
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Finally, demilitarisation became an important issue in the 1963 electoral campaign, and contributed to the preemptivemilitarycoupa few days before the scheduled balloting.
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The 1973militarycoupchanged this trend radically and introduced free-market systems following a neoliberal economic ideology.
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For instance, the post-independencemilitarycoupwas regarded in positive terms as demonstrating the emergence of a middle class, with promising government potential.
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Demilitarisation played well with the masses, and this contributed to the preemptivemilitarycoupjust days before the elections.
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Civil society, led by students and labour, fought in the streets to quell the 1959militarycoup.
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The range of possibilities includes amilitarycoupand an outbreak of serious ethnic conflict dividing the country into warring regions, or some combination of the two.
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Its modernist edge and progressivism still intact during the late 1960s, the bossa nova movement witnessed divisive political polemics within its ranks in response to the 1964militarycoup.
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After themilitarycoupof 1976 the violent political struggle between the leftist guerrillas and the military became a war for the imposition of different and incompatible world-views.
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I condemn thismilitarycoupin the strongest terms.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We must do everything we can to help democracy and civil society to deal with the currentmilitarycoupd'état and restore democracy.
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Would not there be a risk of amilitarycoup?
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They are carefully framed for use in only the most exceptional circumstances, such as amilitarycoupin a member state.
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It took power bymilitarycoupand retains it by terror and subjugation.
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Themilitarycoupwhich has now taken place is threatening to plunge the country into chaos once again.
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