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subversion

noun as in ruin

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noun as in undermining

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First, a photo he posted of Liu, the late dissident who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 while serving a prison sentence for “inciting subversion,” was deleted from his timeline, Shen said.

If running for office and trying to win elections means subversion, it is clear that the NSL is aimed at the total subjugation of Hong Kong people.

From Fortune

There, the “true love” story is between sisters, an intentional subversion of the Disney standard.

From Vox

The new security legislation punishes those accused of vaguely defined crimes like secession and subversion, and gives police vastly expanded powers to surveil and investigate.

From Quartz

The Hong Kong government, meanwhile, said it has launched an investigation into whether the primaries could amount to an act of subversion—a crime punishable by up to life imprisonment under the national security law.

From Quartz

When the song ended, Wembore anticipated a fight and took off, pleased with the subversion of his dance.

We are watching an invasion using subversion, coercion, and somewhat limited military action.

Where are the labor leaders, who fought communist subversion at home and communist oppression abroad?

Is subversion on the horizon or will Black Jesus sacrifice a historically political concept for the sake of a stoner comedy?

It will be a tough task and will likely prompt yet more Russian aggression or subversion.

Therefore, the logical place to look for subversion is in the slums.

What, but its subversion, its disseverment, by its own internal antagonism?

Such therefore was the state of learning before the subversion of the Western Empire.

That is a ground of real difference to a certain extent; but it is not a sufficient ground for the subversion of justice.

And now this dogma of my early days found its complete subversion, for these were not only dead, but as Gen. Jno.

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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to subversion, such as: destruction, defeat, overthrow, and revolution.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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