All subvert synonyms
subΒ·vert
S s verb subvert
- knock over β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- zigzagging β Present participle of zigzag.
- wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- dismantle β to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- denudate β denuded; bare
- dig out β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- disarrayed β Simple past tense and past participle of disarray.
- knock down β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- inversed β reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- illtreat β Alternative form of ill-treat.
- corrupt β Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
- confute β to prove (a person or thing) wrong, invalid, or mistaken; disprove
- knock the bottom out of β to destroy or eliminate
- debauch β to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- boot out β If someone boots you out of a job, organization, or place, you are forced to leave it.
- dilapidate β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- infiltrate β to filter into or through; permeate.
- go bad β not good in any manner or degree.
- inversing β reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- nixing β nothing.
- depose β If a ruler or political leader is deposed, they are forced to give up their position.
- abolish β If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- zigzagged β a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- blow down β to open a valve in a steam boiler to eject any sediment that has collected
- make waves β a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- destabilise β (transitive) To make something unstable.
- discrown β to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- destabilize β To destabilize something such as a country or government means to create a situation which reduces its power or influence.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- disestablish β to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
- mow down β to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- deprave β Something that depraves someone makes them morally bad or evil.
- bankrupted β Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- drum out β a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- beaching β an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- detouring β Present participle of detour.
- freeze out β the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
- go to hell β strong dismissal
- bollix β to make a muddle of; bungle; botch
noun subvert
- frondeur β a rebel; rioter.
- experientialist β A proponent of experientialism.
- experimenter β A person who experiments.
- independent β not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
- insurrectionary β of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
- insurrectionist β an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.