Thesaurus / subvert
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When those habits are missing or subverted, it’s time to worry.
HABIT FORMING: HERE ARE SOME OF THE QUIRKS THAT MAKE THESE READERS UNIQUEJOHN KELLYFEBRUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWhether that’s to make people laugh or be scared, it’s about subverting expectation for surprise.
'DEATH IS A TURNING POINT': SEARCH PARTY'S CREATORS DISCUSS SEASON 4 AND THE SHOCKING FINALE TWISTANDREW R. CHOWJANUARY 28, 2021TIMEThe democratic process cannot be allowed to be subverted through unlawful protests.
SAVE THE SARCASM FOR OTHER DEMOCRACIES. AMERICA IS FINEDEBASISH ROY CHOWDHURYJANUARY 11, 2021TIMEThe company’s systems were hacked, and its IT tools were subverted to deliver Trojan horses all over the map.
A DIGITAL PANDEMIC TOPS OFF CORONAVIRUS WOESRHHACKETTFORTUNEDECEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNEOn Friday morning, he tied together his two current fixations — the imminent vaccine and his efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election — in a two-tweet package.
HOW MANY AMERICANS WILL DIE OF COVID-19 BEFORE THE VACCINE REACHES SCALE?PHILIP BUMPDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POSTTheir evident desire, he thought, was to subvert the English Government, and ‘set up their own wickedness.’
IRELAND UNDER THE TUDORS, VOL. II (OF 3)RICHARD BAGWELLThe opposition charged the government with a desire to subvert the constitution of Jamaica, and to tyrannize over the colonists.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANAnd a plan of Society which each member of Society is striving to subvert is doomed from its birth.
THE INHUMANITY OF SOCIALISMEDWARD F. ADAMSHe was accused of high treason, in endeavoring to subvert the fundamental laws, and of other high crimes and misdemeanors.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.I., PART E.DAVID HUMEBut deductive logic is the creation of Aristotle; and it was the authority of Aristotle that Bacon sought to subvert.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VIJOHN LORDWORDS RELATED TO SUBVERT
- annihilating
- bankrupting
- baring
- breaking down
- breaking up
- decimating
- demolishing
- denudating
- denuding
- depriving
- destroying
- disassembling
- dismembering
- dismounting
- disrobing
- divesting
- falling
- knocking down
- leveling
- part out
- pulling down
- razing
- ruining
- striking
- stripping
- subverting
- taking down
- taking to pieces
- tearing down
- undoing
- unrigging
- wracking
- wrecking
- abolished
- beat
- brought down
- brought to ruined
- conquered
- crushed
- demolished
- deposed
- dethroned
- did away with
- eradicated
- exterminated
- knocked down
- knocked over
- leveled
- liquidated
- ousted
- overcame
- overpowered
- overran
- overturned
- overwhelmed
- purged
- put an end to
- razed
- ruined
- subdued
- subjugated
- subverted
- terminated
- tipped
- toppled
- tumbled
- unseated
- upended
- upset
- vanquished
- abolish
- beat
- bring down
- bring to ruin
- conquer
- crush
- demolish
- depose
- dethrone
- do away with
- eradicate
- exterminate
- knock down
- knock over
- level
- liquidate
- oust
- overcome
- overpower
- overrun
- overturn
- overwhelm
- purge
- put an end to
- raze
- ruin
- subdue
- subjugate
- subvert
- terminate
- tip
- topple
- tumble
- unseat
- upend
- upset
- vanquish
- batter
- blow down
- bomb
- break down
- bulldoze
- capsize
- cast down
- crash
- decimate
- delete
- demolish
- destroy
- dynamite
- efface
- erase
- expunge
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fell
- level
- mow down
- obliterate
- overthrow
- overturn
- pull down
- reduce
- remove
- rub out
- ruin
- scatter
- scratch out
- smash
- spill
- strike out
- subvert
- tear down
- tear up
- throw down
- topple
- total
- unbuild
- undo
- unmake
- upset
- wipe out
- wrack
- wreck
- zap
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