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Common collocations with regime in American Collocation

regime noun countable

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.