Coup De Main (Noun)
Meaning
An attack without warning.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The coup de main caught the enemy by surprise, resulting in their quick surrender.
- A surprise invasion would be a classic coup de main, striking before the enemy had time to respond.
- In medieval times, knights often employed coup de main tactics, such as ambushing a castle while its occupants slept.
- In 1960, Belgium executed a coup de main on Congo's remaining diamond deposits to deny access to newly declared Democratic Republic.
- Due to modern warfare surveillance capabilities, carrying out a coup de main operation becomes a less probable form of initial warfare invasion in times of digital eyes monitoring on one side, less powerful capabilities watching through intelligence shared satellite imageries with shared frequencies .