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[ suhb-vurt ] / səbˈvɜrt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR subvert ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to overthrow (something established or existing). to cause the downfall, ruin, or destruction of. to undermine the principles of; corrupt. Origin of subvert1325–75; Middle English subverten<Latin subvertere to overthrow, equivalent to sub-sub- + vertere to turn SYNONYMS FOR subvert1 upset, disrupt, undermine, overturn, sabotage. SEE SYNONYMS FOR subvert ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM subvertsub·vert·er, nounun·sub·vert·ed, adjectiveWords nearby subvertsubvene, subvention, sub verbo, subversion, subversive, subvert, subviral, subvirus, subvisible, subvocal, subvocal speech Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for subvertYet Republicans will try to subvert the success by playing to their Obama-hating base. Obama Crushes the Neocons|Michael Tomasky|November 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST Liu was convicted under Section 105 of the criminal code, or “incitement to subvert state power.” Obama, Don’t Let Xi Forget China’s Human Rights Record|Yang Jianli|June 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST FRC, he added, works through the political system rather than encouraging its members to subvert it. Is the Family Research Council Really a Hate Group?|David Sessions|August 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST Taken this way, revelers might be doing their best to subvert the manly paradigm. Ivy League After Dark|Rebecca Davis O'Brien|March 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Nor did they attempt to subvert laws which did not interfere with their own political power. Beacon Lights of History, Volume III|John Lord He was accused of high treason, in endeavoring to subvert the fundamental laws, and of other high crimes and misdemeanors. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E.|David Hume Whoever pretended to give his aid to the monarchy helped to subvert it by the very measures which he proposed. Beacon Lights of History, Volume VIII|John Lord Yet, if you deprive man of his free agency, you subvert his nature. The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World|Thomas Wood Apparently some sections of the propertied classes desired to subvert Parliamentary government. The Annual Register 1914|Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for subvert
verb (tr)to bring about the complete downfall or ruin of (something existing or established by a system of law, etc) to undermine the moral principles of (a person, etc); corrupt Derived forms of subvertsubverter, nounWord Origin for subvertC14: from Latin subvertere to overturn, from sub- from below + vertere to turn Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to subvertpervert, debase, supersede, suppress, poison, vitiate, overthrow, corrupt, topple, overturn, sabotage, undermine, depress, capsize, reverse, wreck, upset, ruin, tumble, invalidate |