[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

subvert \subvert"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. subverted; p. pr. 
   vb. n. subverting. l. subvertere, subversum; sub under +
   vertere to turn: cf. f. subvertir. see verse.
   1. to overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin
      utterly.
      1913 webster

            these are his substance, sinews, arms, and strength,
            with which he yoketh your rebellious necks,
            razeth your cities, and subverts your towns. --shak.
      1913 webster

            this would subvert the principles of all knowledge.
                                                  --locke.
      1913 webster

   2. to pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to
      corrupt; to confound. --2 tim. iii. 14.
      1913 webster

   syn: to overturn; overthrow; destroy; invert; reverse;
        extinguish.
        1913 webster
see also:
subverted subverting verse 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

subvert \subvert"\, v. i.
   to overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.
   1913 webster

         they have a power given to them like that of the evil
         principle, to subvert and destroy.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

subvert
     v 1: cause the downfall of; of rulers; "the czar was overthrown";
          "subvert the ruling class" syn: overthrow, overturn,
           bring down
     2: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch
        the young people with wine and women"; "socrates was
        accused of corrupting young men"; "do school counselors
        subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" syn: corrupt,
         pervert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase,
         profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
     3: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "the
        resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
        syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract,
         weaken
     4: destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be
        subverted by the current crisis"
see also:
overthrow overturn bring down corrupt pervert demoralize 
demoralise debauch debase profane vitiate 
deprave misdirect sabotage undermine countermine 
counteract weaken 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

129 moby thesaurus words for "subvert":
   accommodate, adapt, adjust, alienate, alter, ameliorate, answer,
   answer conclusively, argue down, arise, better, brainwash,
   break up, capsize, careen, change, confound, confute, contradict,
   controvert, convert, corrupt, counterindoctrinate, crush, culbuter,
   debase, defeat, deform, demolish, denature, deny, deprave, destroy,
   dismiss, dispose of, diversify, finish, fit, floor, honeycomb,
   improve, indoctrinate, insurge, insurrect, keel over, meliorate,
   mitigate, modify, modulate, mount the barricades, mutate, mutineer,
   mutiny, nonplus, overset, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry,
   pervert, put to silence, qualify, re-create, realign, rebel,
   rebuild, rebut, reconstruct, redesign, reduce to silence, refit,
   reform, refute, reindoctrinate, reluct, reluctate, remake, renew,
   reshape, restructure, revamp, revive, revolt, revolute, revolution,
   revolutionize, ring the changes, riot, rise, rise up, ruin,
   run riot, sabotage, sap, sap the foundations, settle,
   shift the scene, shuffle the cards, shut up, silence,
   smash all opposition, squash, squelch, strike, throw down,
   throw over, tip over, topple, topple over, topsy-turvify,
   topsy-turvy, turn a somersault, turn over, turn the scale,
   turn the tables, turn the tide, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle,
   turn upside down, undermine, upend, upset, upturn, vary, weaken,
   win away, work a change, worsen, wreck

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