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Definition of Subvert

Subvert

  1. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
  2. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
  3. To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.

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

What people sometimes interpret as quirky is my attempt to subvert the concept of luxury by introducing elements that are considered ordinary or commonplace.
Miuccia Prada

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

I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others.
Carla Gugino

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
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Subvert Translations

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

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