verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Smith was sentenced to 14 years for plotting to subvert the government.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A more contemporary comparison might be deconstruction, which tries to subvert the text by turning its own unacknowledged premises against it.
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Coercion and domination subvert the integrity of love by creating power relationships that are its antithesis.
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It is as if the filters of distance and time were subverted by the complex connecting of everything to everything.
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Neville's genius was to subvert and turn round press attacks on Oz, but they could still cost dearly.
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Other officials with different views were also subverting them.
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Too much control and predictability might eventually subvert the organizational goals.