subvert
Meaning
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- To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
- To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
Synonyms
cut to ribbons
lay waste to
overset
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/səbˈvɜːt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English subverten, from Old French subvertir, from Latin subvertō (“to overthrow”, literally “to underturn, turn from beneath”).
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