n.
1) to form a ~
2) to head; operate, run a ~
3) to destabilize, subvert; dissolve; overthrow; seize a ~
4) (a) clean; corrupt; strong; weak ~
5) a caretaker; civil; coalition; military; provisional ~
6) an authoritarian; communist; conservative; democratic; dictatorial; liberal; minority; parliamentary; reactionary; shadow; socialist; totalitarian ~
7) (a) central; federal; local; municipal; national; provincial ~
8) a student ~
9) a ~ falls
10) under a ~ (to live under a democratic ~)
11) ( misc. ) ( BE ) ~ and opposition; the ~ benches