They have transformed global politics, helping to toppleregimes, projecting women on to the public stage or, simply, making bureaucrats behave decently.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But there is a growing belief that, as the civil war takes on sectarian overtones, fighting may rage on long after the regime is toppled .
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You want to topple the regime?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Seemilitary regime
Definition of 'topple'
topple
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verb
To topple a government or leader, especially one that is not elected by the people, means to cause them to lose power.