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   subvert

   /səbˈvəːt/

   verb

   • 1. undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution): "the case involved an attempt to subvert the rule of law" Similar destabilizeunsettleoverthrowoverturnbring downbring about the downfall oftoppledeposeoustsupplantunseatdethronedisestablishdissolvedisruptwreak havoc onsabotageruinupsetdestroyannihilatedemolishwreckundoundermineundercutweakenimpairdamagecorruptpervertwarpdepravedefiledebasedistortcontaminatepoisonembittervitiate

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French subvertir or Latin subvertere, from sub- ‘from below’ + vertere ‘to turn’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. subverter noun

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