Dictionary entry details
• SUBVERT (verb)
Meaning:
Cause the downfall of; of rulers
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
overthrow; subvert; bring down; overturn
Context examples:
The Czar was overthrown / subvert the ruling class
Hypernyms (to "subvert" is one way to...):
depose; force out (force to leave (an office))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "subvert"):
revolutionize (overthrow by a revolution, of governments)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
profane; pervert; misdirect; deprave; demoralize; demoralise; debauch; debase; corrupt; vitiate; subvert
Context examples:
debauch the young people with wine and women / Socrates was accused of corrupting young men / Do school counselors subvert young children? / corrupt the morals
Hypernyms (to "subvert" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "subvert"):
carnalise; carnalize; sensualise; sensualize (debase through carnal gratification)
infect (contaminate with ideas or an ideology)
lead astray; lead off (teach immoral behavior to)
whore (corrupt by lewd intercourse)
poison (spoil as if by poison)
bastardise; bastardize (change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms)
suborn (incite to commit a crime or an evil deed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Destroy property or hinder normal operations
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
undermine; sabotage; countermine; subvert; weaken; counteract
Context example:
The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
Hypernyms (to "subvert" is one way to...):
disobey (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "subvert"):
derail (cause to run off the tracks)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Destroy completely
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis
Hypernyms (to "subvert" is one way to...):
destroy; ruin (destroy completely; damage irreparably)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
