Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with regime in American Collocation
regime
noun
countable
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/reɪˈʒim/
authoritarian
brutal
corrupt
dictatorial
fascist
oppressive
repressive
strict
totalitarian
tyrannical
These companies also sell arms to repressive regimes.
get rid of a regime
change
depose
destabilize
oust
overthrow
topple
The US determined to topple the Iraqi regime.
make a regime stronger
bolster
strengthen
Oil companies were accused of bolstering a repressive military regime.
make a regime less strict
liberalize
modernize
reform
He needed to clear the baggage of Stalin as a way of modernising the regime.
establish a regime
establish
set up
When the communist regime was established in 1940, art became subordinate to politics.
criticize a regime
challenge
criticize
discredit
oppose
The delegates did not fear to criticize the Bolshevik regime and present the demands of the workers.
stop existing
collapse
crumble
fail
fall
The Shah of Iran’s westernised regime had collapsed and given way to a theocratic Islamic state.
treat people badly
oppress
persecute
The majority of Iraq’s population are Shi’ite Muslims, but the Sunni Muslim regime has brutally oppressed them.