SUBVERT
\səbvˈɜːt], \səbvˈɜːt], \s_ə_b_v_ˈɜː_t]\
Definitions of SUBVERT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
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destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"
By Princeton University
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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"
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destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
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destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
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To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
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To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.
By Oddity Software
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To turn upside down; overthrow; bring to ruin; corrupt; as, to subvert a man's principles.
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Subvertible.
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Subverter.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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