Definition of Subvert

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Definition of Subvert
	Subvert To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive. Related Definitions: And, Anything, As, Be, Confound, Corrupt, Foundation, From, It, Mind, Overthrow, Overturn, Pervert, Ruin, Subversive, The, To, Truth, Turn, Utterly

Subvert Quotations

From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.
Carl Schurz

If slavery, limited as it yet is, now threatens to subvert the Constitution, how can we as wise and prudent statesmen, enlarge its boundaries and increase its influence, and thus increase already impending dangers?
William H. Seward

The success of those doctrines would also subvert the Federal Constitution, change the character of the Federal Government, and destroy our rights in respect to slavery.
John H. Reagan

We can no longer allow multinationals to parade as agents of progress and democracy in the newspapers, even as they subvert it at the workplace.
John J. Sweeney

Subvert Translations

subvert in Dutch is ondergraven, ondermijnen
subvert in French is miner, saper
subvert in Spanish is subvertir

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