subvert
[verb]
Synonyms: overturn, sabotage, undermine

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Contrasted words: sustain, uphold
Related Words: overthrow, overturn, upset, demolish, destroy, ruin, corrupt, debase, deprave, pervert

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sub‧vert /səbˈvɜːt $ -ˈvɜːrt/ verb [transitive] formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: subvertir, from Latin subvertere 'to turn from beneath, subvert']

1. to try to destroy the power and influence of a government or the established system:
an attempt to subvert the democratic process

2. to destroy someone’s beliefs or loyalty

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