Main entry: subvert
Definition: destroy completely
Usage: we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis
Main entry: subvert, overthrow, overturn, bring down
Definition: cause the downfall of; of rulers
Usage: The Czar was overthrown; subvert the ruling class
Main entry: sabotage, counteract, countermine, weaken, undermine, subvert
Definition: destroy property or hinder normal operations
Usage: The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
Main entry: debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, corrupt, subvert, profane, misdirect, pervert, vitiate
Definition: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Usage: debauch the young people with wine and women; Socrates was accused of corrupting young men; Do school counselors subvert young children?; corrupt the morals