subvert

subvert
v
1. overthrow, overturn, overpower, topple, defeat, conquer, vanquish, oust; upset, overwhelm, turn upside down, invert, disrupt, upheave; supplant, replace, displace; disestablish; depose, dethrone, unseat, remove from office, uncrown, discrown, unfrock.
2. demolish, wipe out, pulverize, wreck, Sl. total, destroy; obliterate, annihilate, extinguish, expunge, abolish; extirpate, eradicate, exterminate; blot out, strike out, stamp out, crush out, devastate, desolate, lay waste; ravage, despoil, work havoc upon, ruin, Dial. ruinate; raze, fell, level; shatter, crash, smash, batter, break; pull down, tear down, take down, bring down, break down, throw down, cast down, beat down, knock down, undo.
3. corrupt, deprave, warp, pervert, demoralize, vitiate; debase, reduce, lower, degrade, demean; contaminate, taint, poison, pollute, defile; injure, mar, damage, spoil, spot, mark, stain; scar, deface, blemish.
4. undermine, sap, weaken; discredit, invalidate; nullify, neutralize, counteract.

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  • Subvert — may refer to: *Subversion (politics) *Subvert! *Subvert inc …   Wikipedia

  • subvert — I verb annihilate, confound, corrupt, defeat, demolish, demoralize, despoil, destroy, devastate, disestablish, dismantle, disrupt, evertere, extinguish, extirpate, impair, injure, lay waste, level, overset, overthrow, overturn, pervert, pull down …   Law dictionary

  • Subvert — Sub*vert , v. i. To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive. [1913 Webster] They have a power given to them like that of the evil principle, to subvert and destroy. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Subvert — Sub*vert , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subverting}.] [L. subvertere, subversum; sub under + vertere to turn: cf. F. subvertir. See {Verse}.] 1. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • subvert — late 14c., to raze, destroy, overthrow, from M.Fr. subvertir, from L. subvertere, from sub under (see SUB (Cf. sub )) + vertere to turn (see VERSUS (Cf. versus)). Related: Subverted; subverting …   Etymology dictionary

  • subvert — *overturn, overthrow, capsize, upset Analogous words: *ruin, wreck: *destroy, demolish: corrupt, pervert, deprave, *debase Antonyms: uphold, sustain …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • subvert — [v] rebel, destroy capsize, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defeat, demolish, deprave, depress, extinguish, invalidate, invert, level, overthrow, overturn, pervert, poison, pull down, raze, reverse, ruin, sabotage, supersede, supplant, suppress,… …   New thesaurus

  • subvert — ► VERB ▪ undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution). DERIVATIVES subversion noun subverter noun. ORIGIN Latin subvertere, from vertere to turn …   English terms dictionary

  • subvert — [səb vʉrt′] vt. [ME subverten < MFr subvertir < L subvertere < sub ,SUB + vertere, to turn: see VERSE] 1. to overthrow or destroy (something established) 2. to undermine or corrupt, as in morals subverter n …   English World dictionary

  • Subvert! — Infobox Album Name = Subvert! Type = studio Artist = Venetian Snares Released = 1998 Recorded = Genre = Breakcore Length = Label = Self released Producer = Aaron Funk Reviews = Last album = Spells 1998 This album = Subvert 1998 Next album = Fuck… …   Wikipedia

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