n. A coup which seeks to overthrow the government installed by a previous coup
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n. a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
Word Usage
"Eisenhower authorized the CIA to cooperate with the British in an operation that was actually a countercoup because the Mossadegh government had forced the Shah of Iran to abdicate."