subvert
/səbˈvɜːt//səbˈvɝt/
verb
- 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.
“A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people.”
- 3
To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
noun
- 1
An advertisement created by subvertising.
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