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Verb subvert has 4 senses
- 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
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Somebody ----s somebody
- 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
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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- 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
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- subvert - destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"
--4 is one way to destroy, ruin
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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