Verb subvert has 4 senses
  1. overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down - cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"
    --1 is one way to depose, force out
    Derived forms: noun subversion2, noun subverter1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. 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"
    --2 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Derived form: noun subversion1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken - destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
    --3 is one way to disobey
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. subvert - destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"
    --4 is one way to
    destroy, ruin
    Derived form: noun subversion2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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