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subvert

/səbˈvɜːt/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
  2. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
  3. To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
  4. An advertisement created by subvertising.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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