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coup | ||
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The Brothers Karamazov | ||
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unspecified meaning
There are no more uses of "coup" in the book. To see samples from other sources, click a word sense below: as in: deposed in the coup Define
the sudden overthrow of a government by use of limited force
as in: a financial coup
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a brilliant and notable success
as in: delivered the coup de grace
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deathblow
(literally a sword strike that mercifully kills a wounded animal, or metaphorically as the last in a series of things that defeated an opponent, idea, business or other entity.)
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