noun
1 system of government
ADJECTIVE
▪ new
▪ old
▪
Crowds celebrated the downfall of the old ~.
▪ current , established , existing , present
▪ ruling
▪ former , previous
▪ ousted
▪
An interim government was elected to replace the ousted ~.
▪ interim
▪ political
▪ conservative , liberal , radical
▪ authoritarian , autocratic , despotic , dictatorial , fundamentalist , totalitarian , tyrannical , undemocratic
▪
dictatorships and autocratic ~s
▪
The tyrannical ~ violently repressed any opposition.
▪ brutal , hard-line , harsh , murderous , oppressive , repressive
▪ corrupt
▪ hostile
▪ outlaw , rogue
▪
the threat posed by rogue ~s
▪ communist , democratic , fascist , nationalist , socialist
▪ constitutional , parliamentary
▪ revolutionary
▪ military
▪ colonial
▪ secular , theocratic
▪
collaboration with the secular Egyptian ~
▪
a harsh and unrelenting theocratic ~
▪ puppet
▪
In 1940 a puppet ~ was established by the invaders.
VERB + REGIME
▪ establish , install , set up
▪ defeat , destroy , overthrow , topple
▪ change , remove , replace
▪
the day he and his ~ are removed from power
▪ bolster , strengthen
▪
Education was seen as a way of bolstering the existing ~.
▪ destabilize , undermine
▪ back , support
▪ challenge , criticize , oppose
▪ head , lead
▪
a military ~ headed by the general
REGIME + VERB
▪ exist
▪ come to power
▪
The communist ~ came to power in 1975.
▪ emerge
▪ collapse , fall
▪ govern , rule
▪ pose a danger , pose a threat
▪
These ~s pose a grave and growing danger.
REGIME + NOUN
▪ change
▪
the real war aim of ~ change
PREPOSITION
▪ against a/the ~
▪
She called for sanctions against the ~.
▪ under a/the ~
▪
He spoke of the abhorrent crimes that had been committed under the ~.
▪ ~ under
▪
a military ~ under Franco
PHRASES
▪ a change of ~
▪ the collapse of a ~ , the fall of a ~ , the overthrow of a ~
▪ a member of a ~
2 set of rules/procedures
ADJECTIVE
▪ harsh , rigorous , strict
▪ new
▪ special
▪ exercise , fitness , health , training
▪ dietary
▪ drug , treatment
▪ economic , financial , fiscal , legal , monetary , regulatory
▪
a financial ~ imposed by the government
▪ tax , trade , trading
▪ safety ( esp. BrE )
▪
the company's outstanding safety ~
▪ non-proliferation
▪
a challenge to the global nuclear non-proliferation ~
▪ sanctions
▪
the UN-enforced sanctions ~
VERB + REGIME
▪ create , set up , start
▪
It will be necessary to create a ~ to monitor compliance with the agreements.
▪ impose
▪
A strict ~ of exercise was imposed on the children.
▪ follow
▪
He suggested to me that I follow his fitness ~.
REGIME + VERB
▪ be based on sth
▪
a ~ based on discipline and training
PREPOSITION
▪ under a/the ~
▪
Under the new ~ you will be liable for automatic penalties for late submission of tax returns.
▪ ~ for
▪
the new ~ for accounting for charities