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Definition of Coup de main
1. Noun. An attack without warning.
Generic synonyms: Attack, Onrush, Onset, Onslaught
Specialized synonyms: Terrorist Attack, Ambuscade, Ambush, Lying In Wait, Trap, Pre-emptive Strike
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coup De Main
Literary usage of Coup de main
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of George Washington by Washington Irving (1857)
"... coup de main MEDITATED—POSTURE OP AFFAIRS AT TRENTON—GATES DECLINES TO TAKE
A PART HIS COMMENTS ON WASHINGTON^ PLANS—PREPARATIONS FOR THE COUP DE ..."
2. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1853)
"CHAPTER I. Generally prosperous and peaceful State of the British Empire at the
commencement of 1852—The late Coup-de-Main in France—Stat, of Trade, ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1850)
"... Republicans at a Coup de Main, on the 12th of June—Admirable dispositions of
General Changarnier—The Members of the Mountain retire to the Conservatoire ..."
4. Four Years with the Army of the Potomac by Régis de Trobriand (1888)
"... Hell — Origin of the name — Nocturnal coup de main — Muskets, cannons, and
mortars — Southern deserters— Victories of Sheridan, Sherman, and Farragut. ..."
5. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1851)
"Remarks on the Practicability of taking Antwerp by a Coup de Main. March 2, 1810.
The fortifications of the town of Antwerp appeared in 1794 in a neglected ..."
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