Subvert

verb

/səbˈvɜːt/

Word Frequency: 0.9

Definitions

1.verbTo overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

2.verbTo pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.

"A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people."

3.verbTo upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).

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