regime-change
regime-change verb: to overthrow or replace an existing government or ruling authority, often through external intervention or political pressure.
Verb
regime-change (third-person singular simple present regime-changes, present participle regime-changing, simple past and past participle regime-changed)
- To overthrow or replace an existing government or ruling authority, often through external intervention or political pressure.
- In the past USA history, we often failed to regime change a single person, but our failure was not as gross of a mistake as Mr. Bush who sends the entire USA military to change a one person regime.2004 May 25, Archimedes Plutonium, “USA, the society of Fat, Cut & Run; Iraq”, in talk.politics.theory (Usenet)
- BTW, are they gonna' regime change Washington like they regime changed Baghdad? Let's hope. Any tickets for the hangings available yet? Ticketron seems to be sold out and isn't taking reservations.2008 November 5, ah, “Re: If Obama Wins, Impeachment Begins”, in alt.media.republican-bias (Usenet)
regime-change meaning in Bengali
regime-change in Bengali
- শাসনব্যবস্থার পরিবর্তন, সরকার পরিবর্তন
Examples of regime-change in a sentence
- Iraq’s Saddam Hussein actually stopped developing weapons, and they regime-changed him.2017 August 30, Pelle Svanslös, “Why Kim Jong Un Isn’t Afraid of Donald Trump”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet):
- The French bombarded Damascus, which they had regime-changed in 1920, in 1925, 1926, and 1945, and they pacified the city with martial law during most of the 'peaceful' intervals.2021, W.A. Rivera, Iranian Strategic Influence, Information and the Culture of Resistance, page 159:
- Literally since 2016, maybe ’15, because there was enormous pressure on him, as there has been on many presidents, to regime-change Iran.2026 May 2, Lulu Garcia-Navarro, quoting Tucker Carlson, “Tucker Carlson Discusses Breaking With Trump, the Iran War and Antisemitism”, in...
Forms of regime-change
| third-person singular present | regime-changes |
|---|---|
| present participle | regime-changing |
| past participle | regime-changed |
| past | regime-changed |
Origin of regime-change
A denominal from regime change.
Questions about regime-change
- What does regime-change mean?
- Regime-change means to overthrow or replace an existing government or ruling authority, often through external intervention or political pressure.
- What is regime-change in Bengali?
- Regime-change in Bengali is শাসনব্যবস্থার পরিবর্তন, সরকার পরিবর্তন. See Regime-change meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use regime-change in a sentence?
- Iraq’s Saddam Hussein actually stopped developing weapons, and they regime-changed him.
- What part of speech is regime-change?
- Regime-change is a verb.
- What is the past tense of regime-change?
- The past tense of regime-change is regime-changed.
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