takeover
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈteɪˌkoʊvər/
- Literature
:
golpe de Estado
- Many citizens protested against the takeover of the government by the military last year.
- a military takeover
- a government takeover
- an attempted takeover
With that, the communist takeover was a fete accompli.
- With that, the communist takeover was a fete accompli.
- He has tried to stage a federal takeover of elections.
- The population of Havana decreased after Castro's takeover.
- That was another institution in Turkey that was put in place to deter Islamist takeover of Turkey.
- So we forgot about Hong Kong's takeover when COVID happened, and then we forgot about COVID when Ukraine happened, right?
- Now we know the chain of events, the First World War, the February Revolution and so forth that led to the communist take takeover.
- And the Taliban takeover was very much negotiated by the US administration in that at that time led by President Trump.
Examples
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We'll be back with more on the Ventana Nuclear Power Plant takeover... by one of its employees right after this.
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Will she use the powers that she has to intervene to block this hostile takeover in the British national interest?
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Therefore... you and I are going to do a takeover.
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That is the point of this takeover.
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And this takeover strike, as you call it, is absolutely illegal.
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OK, David, so it would be a hostile takeover, but what the hell!
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Further, the United States has made clear that it would not welcome another military takeover in Pakistan.
Academic text (1992) -
It's what you might call a hostile takeover.
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They really had no possibility to contest the takeover of Crimea.
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What Berliners dreaded above all was a Russian takeover, for which they had a variety of scenarios.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
622
8.1
A sudden illegal act by a small group to take control of a government
29
6.1
The removal of a leader or government from power, often by force
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9.3
Taking power, position, property or rights without the legal right to do so
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9.9
A sudden illegal attempt to take over a government by force
A sudden illegal takeover of a country's government by force
A sudden illegal change of government by a small group, often the military
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
12
5.8
One company buys another company even though its managers say no
- Specialized
A plan a company uses to stop another company from taking control
- Specialized
Buying shares of a company being bought and selling the buyer's shares to profit, with risk if deal fails
How Violent
- NSFW
110
3.9
- NSFW
1
9.6
- NSFW
37
7.0
- Literature
84
5.4
- Formal
71
6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word takeover comes from the simple parts take ('to grab or get') and over ('in control'). So a takeover is when one group 'takes control' of a country, often by force, which is why it describes a sudden seizure of power.