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US
/ˈpʊtʃ/
]
[ UK /pˈʌtʃ/ ]
[ UK /pˈʌtʃ/ ]
NOUN
- a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
How To Use putsch In A Sentence
- A country whose holidays and putsches all take place in beer halls can't be all bad.
- `My government were desperate to play down the military's involvement in the attempted putsch. CODE BREAKER
- He had missed the putsch itself, had been away, hadn't taken in that this very same Adolf Hitler was one of its leaders. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
- The Conservatives, who won the votes of barely one in five Canadians in the federal election held October 14, are accusing the opposition parties of attempting a "putsch" and thwarting the will of the electorate. Canada's "putsch": Oppose Conservative power-grab! No support to Liberal-NDP coalition!
- Many of them participated actively in the failed putsch of August 1991.
- As for Florida, why shouldn't the State that screwed the pooch (or is it "putsch" since they're good at having elections stolen down there), pay for it's won mistake? Source: Obama Tells Donors That Losing Pennsylvania By Less Than 10 Points Will Be "Victory"
- This emphasis runs throughout the book, from Lenin's debates with Kautsky to the appeals of the August putschists in 1991.
- I even used the word "putsch" (which oddly is the word of the day from www. m-w.com). Whirling dervish
- I was in Moscow shortly before the putsch in 1993 and I noticed a threatening climate.
- All other defendants to have taken the witness stand since the trial opened on Monday have denied any knowledge of a putsch in the making, while du Toit has disculpated the four accused ANC Daily News Briefing