putschn.
/pʊtʃ/, U.S. /pʊtʃ/ 1. An attempt to overthrow a government, esp. by violent means; an insurrection or coup d'état.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > attempt at revolution
putsch1919
1919 Times 14 Nov. 11/3 It is not likely, however, that a monarchist counter-revolutionary movement, or Putsch, as it is called, will be successful in the immediate future.
1922 Q. Rev. Jan. 125 King Charles has made his second attempt to ascend the Hungarian Throne. In the circumstances out-lined above it was doomed to failure. So was Louis Napoleon's second coup d' état—Putsch is the modern word—at Boulogne.
1938 S. H. Roberts House that Hitler Built i. i. 14 If it had been a matter of barricades and a bloody putsch, would Hitler have met the test?
1975 N.Y. Times 29 Nov. 27/2 Allende, of course, is gone—a suicide in September 1973 when the current President, Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, seized power in a bloody putsch.
2002 O. Figes Natasha's Dance (2003) ii. ii. 88 [The conspirators] thought of the uprising as a military putsch, carried out by order from above.
2. In a weakened sense: a sudden or forceful attempt to take control of an organization, business, etc.; a sudden vigorous effort, a concerted drive or campaign.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > instance of > an effort > vigorous
push1721
putsch1938
1938 A. Campbell Flying Blind xi. 89 He grasped it firmly, and flexing his muscles prepared a putsch.
1953 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe x. 215 No poet of any real merit has been excluded... You..are too impatient. You want to make a putsch for the sake of tighter control, more daring methods of promotion, but violence is unnecessary.
1970 New Scientist 30 July 221/2 The present step-by-step attack on brucellosis is much more likely to succeed than a premature putsch.
1975 National Times 6–11 Jan. 12 It seems that he organised a putsch against the existing directors.
1989 A. Stevenson Bitter Fame v. 94 By the end of the summer Sylvia's sales putsch had produced only two American acceptances.
2004 Gay Times Feb. 69/3 I wish she would object to the slow-motion putsch against our liberties that will soon have achieved total success.
Derivatives
ˈputsching n. [compare German putschen, verb (mid 19th cent.)] the action of taking part in a putsch; overthrow by means of a putsch.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > attempt at revolution > action of
putsching1947
1947 M. Knappen And call it Peace xiii. 122 Give the German a job at steady wages which would take his mind off parading and putsching.
1995 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Apr. 25 Tim had..the voting shares in TV-am, of which he was chairman, following the putsching of Peter Jay.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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