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Antonyms for subvert

Grammar : Verb
Spell : suhb-vurt
Phonetic Transcription : səbˈvɜrt


Definition of subvert

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to raze, destroy, overthrow," from Middle French subvertir, from Latin subvertere, from sub "under" (see sub-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Related: Subverted; subverting.
  • verb rebel, destroy
Example sentences :
  • The majority of the British immigrants had no desire to subvert the State.
  • Extract from : « The War in South Africa » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Such men might try to subvert us, and, just possibly, might succeed.
  • Extract from : « Adaptation » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • Kings had made efforts to destroy its power and subvert its influence.
  • Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
  • "And you can not subvert facts, you know, father," added Agnes.
  • Extract from : « My Terminal Moraine » by Frank E. Stockton
  • What are the differences between overthrow, suppress, and subvert?
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • Why, that the declaration of the Duke of Richmond, that the crowned heads of Europe intended to subvert our government, was true.
  • Extract from : « Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; » by William Gannaway Brownlow
  • Is it reasonable that he should seek to subvert the throne of a princess to whom he is affianced?
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of the Czar » by John R. Carling
  • Those that are heretics and subvert the essentials of christianity or godliness.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory » by Baxter Richard
  • It was being admitted he was honest, that influence did not subvert justice.
  • Extract from : « Sudden Jim » by Clarence Budington Kelland
  • The republic has survived the attempt to subvert one of them.
  • Extract from : « Satan's Invisible World Displayed or, Despairing Democracy » by W. T. Stead

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