subvert

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Pronunciation

/səbˈvɜːt/

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/səbˈvɜːt/ · /səbˈvɝt/(US) · /ˈsʌbvət/ · /ˈsʌbvɚt/

Definition of subvert

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive)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.”

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verb

(transitive)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.”
(transitive)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.”
(transitive)To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).

noun

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Middle English subverten, from Old French subvertir, from Latin subvertō (“to overthrow”, literally “to underturn, turn from beneath”).

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