subvert

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
2. (transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
3. (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).

Noun

An advertisement created by subvertising.

Synonyms

overthrow

undermine

overturn

sabotage

counteract

countermine

weaken

sap

corrupt

pervert

capsize

debase

profane

debauch

upset

topple

deprave

vitiate

drag down

demoralize

demoralise

blast

throw down

turn over

turn

wreck

exhaust

bring down

ruin

misdirect

break

overrule

desolate

consume

clean

blight

deform

deflower

defile

keel over

defeat

cancel out

annihilate

jaundice

invert

deface

invalidate

key

🔑

kill

🔪🩸👤

interdict

Translations

subverter

renverser

ondergraven

stürzen

umstürzen

umstoßen

omverwerpen

rovesciare

zerrütten

ondermijnen

sabotare

untergraben

saper

corrompere

miner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səbˈvɜːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: subverten

In summary

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