Subvert

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To destroy completely; ruin: "schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community” ( Alexander Hamilton).
  • v. To undermine the character, morals, or allegiance of; corrupt.
  • v. To overthrow completely: "Economic assistance ... must subvert the existing ... feudal or tribal order” ( Henry A. Kissinger). See Synonyms at overthrow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
  • v. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
  • v. To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
  • n. An advertisement created by subvertising.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
  • v. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
  • verb-intransitive. To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To overthrow; overturn; ruin utterly; destroy.
  • Synonyms Overthrow, Invert, etc. See overturn.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cause the downfall of; of rulers
  • v. destroy property or hinder normal operations
  • v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  • v. destroy completely
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    destroy    ruin   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    invert    destroy    extinguish    reverse    overthrow    overturn    corrupt    confound    ruin    abolish   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bert    Curt    Evert    Insert    Kurt    alert    assert    avert    birt    blurt   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    parsit    manta    southward    oversea