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Meaning subvert meaning

What does subvert mean?

subvert

— verb (= overthrow) cause the downfall of; of rulers The Czar was overthrown subvert the ruling class — verb destroy completely we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis — verb (= corrupt, debauch) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality debauch the young people with wine and women Socrates was accused of corrupting young men Do school counselors subvert young children? corrupt the morals — verb (= sabotage) destroy property or hinder normal operations The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war

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undermine overthrow overturn sabotage counteract weaken countermine sap pervert corrupt vitiate upset topple profane deprave debauch debase capsize wreck turn over turn throw down ruin overrule misdirect exhaust drag down demoralize demoralise bring down break blast wrack vaporize vandalize vandalise upturn undo tumble total tip over taint spoil spill shipwreck seduce revolutionize reverse repeal refute

Conjugation subvert conjugation

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subvert · verb

Examples subvert examples

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I can't subvert the purpose of a Senate committee.
In order to subvert attempts by fellow subjects to establish potentially intrusive telepathic rapport, she completely separated her telepathic, non-verbal self from her oral verbal self.
Surely you are sufficiently intelligent to understand that Holy Mother Church must punish those who subvert the established order.
He shot that cop as part of a Bolshevik-anarchist conspiracy to subvert our democratic institution.
We'll fight for him, make him king and then subvert him.
Your conspiracy with Drusus to subvert the armies of the Rhine.
Because somebody could be trying to subvert this whole operation by sending in fanatics, cultists and Christ knows what all.
Who corrupt and subvert the very principles our constitution exists to uphold.
You subvert it.
And to hear those words used to subvert the United Federation of Planets.
As a protest. against the ratification of this treaty. which can only subvert. the Republic. I. and my deputies. are leaving this house.
That you're pirates and traitors working with aliens to subvert Earth.
And in the end, you will beg for mercy. on the grounds that you're under the influence of aliens. who are trying to subvert the government and undermine the president.
To subvert the project.
THEY'RE AFRAID BECAUSE THEY SUBVERT EVERY GREAT THING EVER DISCOVERED.
THEY SUBVERT IT, JODY. THEY MAKE IT CROOKED AND DEVIOUS.
And this man Alvarez is trying to subvert the crew.
Its purpose is to infiltrate every department of your government with American agents and provocateurs, to subvert your country and make it little more than an American colony.
They now know that the enemy will stop at nothing to subvert our way of life.
Such an act would subvert the fundamental laws of this land, madam.
Ah, come on fellows, he shot that cop as part of a bolshevic Anarchist conspiracy to subvert our democratic institution.
Right, subvert the present to build the future.
Subvert normality.
Subvert normality!
Subvert my people?
And in the end, you will beg for mercy on the grounds that you're under the influence of aliens who are trying to subvert the government and undermine the president.
The essence of the campaign is that we take Jack Holiday, legendary king of slapstick, subvert the form that made you famous.
Herman, there is no way I can subvert my fucking company.
And so it shall be with anyone..who seeks to subvert the club's policy.
If you withhold information or attempt to subvert me again, I will fire you.
Of course it's a good thing. What is music for if not to subvert all your expectations and blow your mind every once in a while?
Dr. House, if you subvert or mislead this committee, you will be subject to disciplinary action.
They see the proposed system of government as a means to control and subvert their newly acquired freedom.
That you plan to subvert the monarchy, perhaps.

News and current affairs

These developments do not constitute more protectionism in the usual meaning of the term, where private interests subvert the public good, as when farmers charge higher prices because competitive imports are restricted.
The Sunni resistance - a guerilla and terrorist war that was well prepared in the last years of Saddam's rule - will continue to try to subvert any semblance of order representing the current majority Shia-Kurdish coalition.
Corruption rules many state governments and national ministries. Urban and rural areas subvert each other.
Many dissident unionists still see the surrender of IRA arms as necessary - a condition that would subvert the process.
He thus sought to subvert religion by making it purely instrumental.
Thailand's experience suggests that efforts to subvert the system by thwarting the will of the majority may ultimately be fruitless, though not before imposing extremely high costs on everyone.
It is another matter altogether to subvert democracy by privileging particular interests over others.
What is true is that there is a life-and-death struggle going on over the future of Islam, with extremists aiming to subvert both its open-minded tradition and the modern world.
Urban and rural areas subvert each other.
Will the military subvert the constitutional changes aimed at reforming the political system?

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