The French Revolution? (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
coup detat
This might be a double definition.
'the french' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'revolution?' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for coup detat that I've seen before include "Hostile takeover" , "Sudden change of government by force" , "sudden takeover" , "Anti-government action" , "Unconstitutional overthrow of a government" .)