Definition of subverts Subverts
/sʌbvɚˈts/ - [subverts] -
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Wiktionary 
- subverts (Noun)
Plural of subvert.
Part of speech
🔤- subverts, verb, present, 3rd person singular of subvert (infinitive).
WordNet
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| subvert - destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis" | ||
| destroy, ruin put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down" | ||
| subvert - 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" | ||
| corrupt, pervert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| carnalise, sensualise, carnalize, sensualize debase through carnal gratification | ||
| infect contaminate with a disease or microorganism | ||
| lead off, lead astray teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits" | ||
| poison administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die" | ||
| bastardise, bastardize declare a child to be illegitimate | ||
| suborn induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses" | ||
| subvert - cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" | ||
| overthrow, overturn, bring down | ||
| depose, force out force to leave (an office) | ||
| revolutionize change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" | ||
| subvert - destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" | ||
| sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, weaken | ||
| disobey refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" | ||
| derail run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" | ||
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Wiktionary
- subvert (Noun)
An advertisement created by subvertising. - subvert (Verb)
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. - subvert (Verb)
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. - subvert (Verb)
To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it literally, to turn from beneath.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- subvert (v. t.)
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. - subvert (v. t.)
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. - subvert (v. i.)
To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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subvert
To destroy property or hinder normal operations.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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subvert
sub-vėrt′, v.t. to turn upside down: to overthrow from the foundation: to ruin utterly: to corrupt.—n. Subver′sion, act of subverting or overthrowing from the foundation: entire overthrow: ruin.—adjs. Subver′sionary, Subver′sive, tending to subvert, overthrow, or destroy.—p.adj. Subverst′ (Spens.), subverted, overturned.—n. Subvert′er.—adj. Subvert′ible. [L. sub, under, vertĕre, versum, to turn.]
Part of speech
🔤- subvert, verb, present, 1st person singular of subvert (infinitive).
- subvert, verb (infinitive).
