subvert
verb
- to corrupt, destroy, or weaken something
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbvət/ / /ˈsʌbvɚt/ / /səbˈvɜːt/ / /səbˈvɝt/
noun
Etymology: Back-formation from subvertising, by analogy with advert.
- An advertisement created by subvertising.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English subverten, from Old French subvertir, from Latin subvertō (“to overthrow”, literally “to underturn, turn from beneath”).
- To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
“He […] razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.”
“, Book IV, Chapter XVIII This would be to subvert the principles and foundations of all knowledge.”
- To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
“The oppressive regime stays in power only as long as they manage to subvert the will of the people.”
- To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).