- 1[transitive, intransitive] subvert (something) to try to destroy the authority of a political, religious, etc. system by attacking it secretly or indirectly synonym undermine
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- 2[transitive] subvert something to try to destroy a person's belief in something or someone synonym undermine
subvert
verbNAmE//səbˈvərt//
(formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they subvert he / she / it subverts
past simple subverted
-ing form subverting
NAmE//səbˈvərʒn//
noun [uncountable]See subvert in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: subvert