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The following 8 entries include the term coup{de}.
coup de grâce
noun: a death blow or death shot administered to end the suffering of one mortally wounded
coup de main
noun: a sudden attack in force
coup de théâtre
noun: a sudden sensational turn in a play
coup de maître
French noun phrase: masterstroke
coup de foudre
noun: an astonishing occurrence
coup de glotte
noun: the glottal stop especially in singing and elocution as a prefixion to words that in ordinary pronunciation begin with a vowel sound
coup de poing
noun: a biface stone hand ax typical of the Abbevillian epoch
coup de repos
noun: a chess move leaving the main feature of a position unchanged and forcing the opponent to move to his or her ultimate disadvantage
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