subvert
Collocations
3ADJ.
conspiring, dominant, trying
VERB + SUBVERT
manage, stop
SUBVERT + NOUN
arafat, company, goals, narrative, principles, yasser
Definitions
verb
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
He […] razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
, Book IV, Chapter XVIII This would be to subvert the principles and foundations of all knowledge.
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
The oppressive regime stays in power only as long as they manage to subvert the will of the people.
To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
noun
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Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — destroy property or hinder normal operations
- sabotage
- undermine
- countermine
- counteract
- weaken
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6He […] razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
Wiktionary, Book IV, Chapter XVIII This would be to subvert the principles and foundations of all knowledge.
WiktionaryThe oppressive regime stays in power only as long as they manage to subvert the will of the people.
WiktionaryAlana, stop trying to subvert the company goals.
Tatoeba · #8415984Her poems subvert the dominant narrative of "Western civilization."
Tatoeba · #9962937Mahmoud Abbas was chosen to be the Palestinian leader by George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon, who were looking for a way to subvert Yasser Arafat.
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