"countercoup" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From counter- + coup.",
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      "form": "countercoups",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2007 May 27, Thomas Fuller, “Thai Security Chief Vows a Tough Stand Against Muslim Separatists”, in New York Times",
          "text": "But amid rumors of countercoups and maneuvering by Mr. Thaksin’s allies, the generals seem to have calculated that they needed his skills.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A coup which seeks to overthrow the government installed by a previous coup"
      ],
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          "coup",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tegencoup"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tegenstaatsgreep"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contracoup"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "vastavallankaappaus"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Gegenputsch"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "antipraxikópima",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "αντιπραξικόπημα"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "no equivalent term in Polish",
          "sense": "Translations"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "but see zamach"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contragolpe"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kontrperevorót",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "контрпереворо́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contragolpe"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "motkupp"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "countercoup"
}

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From counter- + coup.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "countercoups",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "2007 May 27, Thomas Fuller, “Thai Security Chief Vows a Tough Stand Against Muslim Separatists”, in New York Times",
          "text": "But amid rumors of countercoups and maneuvering by Mr. Thaksin’s allies, the generals seem to have calculated that they needed his skills.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A coup which seeks to overthrow the government installed by a previous coup"
      ],
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tegencoup"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tegenstaatsgreep"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contracoup"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "vastavallankaappaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gegenputsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antipraxikópima",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αντιπραξικόπημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "no equivalent term in Polish",
      "sense": "Translations"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "but see zamach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contragolpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kontrperevorót",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "контрпереворо́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contragolpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "motkupp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "countercoup"
}