putsch

[ pooch ]

noun

1. a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, especially one that depends upon suddenness and speed.

putsch

/ pʊtʃ /

noun

1. a violent and sudden uprising; political revolt, esp a coup d'état

Word History and Origins

Origin of putsch¹

1915–20; < German Putsch, originally Swiss German: literally, violent blow, clash, shock; introduced in sense “coup” in standard German through Swiss popular uprisings of the 1830s, especially the Zurich revolt of Sept. 1839

Word History and Origins

Origin of putsch¹

C20: from German: from Swiss German: a push, of imitative origin

Example Sentences

When modern democracies fail, the two Harvard professors write, they typically fail without the drama of a military coup or successful putsch.

From Vox

The putsch not only failed in humiliating fashion but also precipitated the collapse of the Soviet Union later that year.

From TIme

The German infatuation with Atatürk and Turkey waned after the Beerhall Putsch.

From The Daily Beast

A lack of contenders to replace McConnell also makes a putsch unlikely.

From The Daily Beast

But pity Alison Lundergan Grimes, the primary beneficiary of the anti-Ashley putsch.

From The Daily Beast

Naturally Neurath repeated the standard line, that Röhm had planned a putsch, but Dodd could sense that Neurath was shaken.

From The Daily Beast

The last time Republicans seized control of the House, in 1994, there was an intraparty putsch.

From The Daily Beast

In the street fighting that followed the attempted fascist Putsch a number were killed and wounded.

From Project Gutenberg

And I also fail to understand the timing of The Brain's putsch.

From Project Gutenberg

They were exploiting a local "putsch" so as to carry out a general "pogrom."

From Project Gutenberg

In 1920, a general strike defeated the attempt of the militarists to seize control of the state in the Kapp Putsch.

From Project Gutenberg

He gasped once or twice and then started sneezing—hoc-hoc-put-putsch!

From Project Gutenberg