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subvert 音標拼音: [səbv'ɚt] vt. 推翻,顛覆,毀滅 推翻,顛覆,毀滅 subvert v 1: cause the downfall of; of rulers; " The Czar was overthrown"; " subvert the ruling class" [ synonym: { overthrow}, { subvert}, { overturn}, { bring down}] 2: 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" [ synonym: { corrupt}, { pervert}, { subvert}, { demoralize}, { demoralise}, { debauch}, { debase}, { profane}, { vitiate}, { deprave}, { misdirect}] 3: destroy property or hinder normal operations; " The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [ synonym: { sabotage}, { undermine}, { countermine}, { counteract}, { subvert}, { weaken}] 4: destroy completely; " we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis" Subvert \ Sub* vert"\, v. i. To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive. [ 1913 Webster] They have a power given to them like that of the evil principle, to subvert and destroy. [ 1913 Webster]
Subvert \ Sub* vert"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Subverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Subverting}.] [ L. subvertere, subversum; sub under vertere to turn: cf. F. subvertir. See { Verse}.] 1. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. [ 1913 Webster] These are his substance, sinews, arms, and strength, With which he yoketh your rebellious necks, Razeth your cities, and subverts your towns. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] This would subvert the principles of all knowledge. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. -- 2 Tim. iii. 14. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To overturn; overthrow; destroy; invert; reverse; extinguish. [ 1913 Webster] 129 Moby Thesaurus words for " subvert": accommodate, adapt, adjust, alienate, alter, ameliorate, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, arise, better, brainwash, break up, capsize, careen, change, confound, confute, contradict, controvert, convert, corrupt, counterindoctrinate, crush, culbuter, debase, defeat, deform, demolish, denature, deny, deprave, destroy, dismiss, dispose of, diversify, finish, fit, floor, honeycomb, improve, indoctrinate, insurge, insurrect, keel over, meliorate, mitigate, modify, modulate, mount the barricades, mutate, mutineer, mutiny, nonplus, overset, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, pervert, put to silence, qualify, re- create, realign, rebel, rebuild, rebut, reconstruct, redesign, reduce to silence, refit, reform, refute, reindoctrinate, reluct, reluctate, remake, renew, reshape, restructure, revamp, revive, revolt, revolute, revolution, revolutionize, ring the changes, riot, rise, rise up, ruin, run riot, sabotage, sap, sap the foundations, settle, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, shut up, silence, smash all opposition, squash, squelch, strike, throw down, throw over, tip over, topple, topple over, topsy- turvify, topsy- turvy, turn a somersault, turn over, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn topsy- turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, undermine, upend, upset, upturn, vary, weaken, win away, work a change, worsen, wreck
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