Dictionary Entry
subvert
subvert is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- 2transitive verb
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
- 3intransitive verb
To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.
- 4verb
destroy completely
"we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"
- 5verb
cause the downfall of; of rulers
"The Czar was overthrown"
"subvert the ruling class"
- 6verb
destroy property or hinder normal operations
"The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
- 7verb
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
"debauch the young people with wine and women"
"Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"
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