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 POST
Whether 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, 2021TIME
The democratic process cannot be allowed to be subverted through unlawful protests.
SAVE THE SARCASM FOR OTHER DEMOCRACIES. AMERICA IS FINEDEBASISH ROY CHOWDHURYJANUARY 11, 2021TIME
The 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, 2020FORTUNE
On 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 POST
Their 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 BAGWELL
The 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. NOLAN
And a plan of Society which each member of Society is striving to subvert is doomed from its birth.
THE INHUMANITY OF SOCIALISMEDWARD F. ADAMS
He was accused of high treason, in endeavoring to subvert the fundamental laws, and of other high crimes and misdemeanors.
But 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 LORD
WORDS RELATED TO SUBVERT
- 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
- about-face
- aim
- alter
- alternate
- backslide
- call off
- capsize
- change
- change position
- convert
- curve
- depart
- detour
- detract
- deviate
- digress
- direct
- diverge
- double back
- face about
- go back
- incline
- inverse
- invert
- loop
- move
- pivot
- rechannel
- recoil
- redirect
- regress
- relapse
- retrace
- return
- revert
- sheer
- shift
- shunt
- shy away
- sidetrack
- subvert
- sway
- swerve
- swing
- swirl
- switch
- tack
- transform
- twist
- upset
- vary
- veer
- volte-face
- wheel
- whip
- whirl
- zigzag
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