subverter

sub·vert

S0858100 (səb-vûrt′)tr.v. sub·vert·ed, sub·vert·ing, sub·verts 1. To overthrow or destroy (a government or an established order or authority). See Synonyms at overthrow.2. To undermine, overturn, or render ineffective (a rule or an established notion, such as a stereotype, for example).3. To cause to serve a purpose other than the original or established one; commandeer or redirect: "a short, virus-like piece of DNA that replicates itself ... by subverting the cell's DNA replication machinery" (Richard Dawkins).4. To undermine, mislead, or betray: "Willy's batch of unexamined dreams and aspirations confused, misled, and subverted him" (Joseph Badaracco).

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[Middle English subverten, from Old French subvertir, from Latin subvertere : sub-, sub- + vertere, to turn; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

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sub·vert′er n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

subverter - a radical supporter of political or social revolutionrevolutionary, revolutionist, subversivecounterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist, counter-revolutionist - a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolutiondynamiter, dynamitist - a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary causeGirondin, Girondist - a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobinsfreedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel - a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions

Translations

sovvertitore