subvert
/səbˈvɝt/ verb C2- To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. · , Book IV, Chapter XVIII This would be to subvert the principles and foundations of all knowledge.
- To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. · The oppressive regime stays in power only as long as they manage to subvert the will of the people.
- To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
He/she/it subverts · Past subverted · Past participle subverted · -ing form subverting
Verb forms
- Base form
- subvert
- He/she/it
- subverts
- Past
- subverted
- Past participle
- subverted
- -ing form
- subverting
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