subvert
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/səbˈvɜːrt/
🇬🇧
/səbˈvɜːt/
verb
R
To secretly or indirectly try to weaken or destroy something, like a government or belief.
The spies were trying to subvert the country's government.
R
To change the usual way of thinking about something, often by showing a different point of view.
The movie subverts the idea that heroes always wear capes.
translation
To secretly or indirectly try to weaken or destroy something, like a government or belief.; To change the usual way of thinking about something, often by showing a different point of view.
Word Forms
3rd Present
subverts
Past
subverted
Perfect
subverted
Progressive
subverting