"countercoup" meaning in English

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          "word": "tegencoup"
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          "word": "tegenstaatsgreep"
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          "word": "contracoup"
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          "word": "vastavallankaappaus"
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          "word": "Gegenputsch"
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          "word": "αντιπραξικόπημα"
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          "word": "but see zamach"
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          "word": "contragolpe"
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          "roman": "kontrperevorót",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "контрпереворо́т"
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          "word": "motkupp"
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      "word": "tegencoup"
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      "word": "tegenstaatsgreep"
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      "word": "contracoup"
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      "word": "vastavallankaappaus"
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      "word": "Gegenputsch"
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      "word": "αντιπραξικόπημα"
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      "word": "contragolpe"
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      "roman": "kontrperevorót",
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