Definitions of subvert [əbˈvɜrt]

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Definition of 'subvert'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) subvert
to overthrow (something established or existing).

2. subvert
to cause the downfall or ruin of.

3. subvert
to undermine the principles of; corrupt.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME < L subvertere to overthrow =sub-sub - +vertere to turn)

Definition of 'subvert'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down
cause the downfall of; of rulers
"The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"

2. (verb) corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
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"

3. (verb) sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
destroy property or hinder normal operations
"The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

4. (verb) subvert
destroy completely
"we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"

Definition of 'subvert'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) subvert
to overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly

2. (verb) subvert
to pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound

3. (verb) subvert
to overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive

Translation of 'subvert'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to overthrow or ruin completely (eg a person's morals, loyalty, arguments, a government).
Afrikaans: ruïneer, omverwerp	Arabic: يُخَرِّب، يُهَدِّم	Bulgarian: руша
Brazilian: subverter	Czech: rozvrátit, svrhnout	German: untergraben, umstoßen, ..
Danish: undergrave; omstyrte	Greek: υπονομεύω, ανατρέπω, υποσ	Spanish: subvertir; trastornar
Estonian: kummutama, hukutama	Farsi: برانداختن	Finnish: kaataa
French: corrompre; renverser	Hebrew: לַחֲתוֹר תַחָת	Hindi: नष्ट करना, समाप्त करना, न
Croatian: potkopati, srušiti	Hungarian: felforgat	Indonesian: merusak
Icelandic: grafa undan; kollvarpa	Italian: sovvertire; corrompere	Japanese: 破滅させる
Korean: 전복하다, 파괴시키다	Lithuanian: griauti, ardyti, pakirsti	Latvian: iedragāt; graut; gāzt
Malay: merosak	Dutch: omverwerpen	Norwegian: undergrave, nedbryte
Polish: obalić, zniszczyć	Persian: برانداختن	Pashto: له منځه وړل، ړنګول
Portuguese: subverter	Romanian: a răsturna; a ruina	Russian: свергать; разрушать
Slovak: zvrhnúť; rozvrátiť, vyvrá	Slovenian: spodkopati	Serbian: podrivati
Swedish: omstörta, bryta ner	Thai: ล้มล้าง	Turkish: yıkmak
Taiwanese: 敗壞，暗中破壞，顛覆	Ukrainian: скидати; повалити	Urdu: تہ و بالا کرنا
Vietnamese: lật đổ, phá vỡ	Chinese: 败坏，暗中破坏，颠覆
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