Alana, stop trying to subvert the company goals.
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Subvert
//səbˈvɜːt//
Synonyms for "subvert" (232 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (69)
Related words (116)
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Verb(35 words)
Noun(1 words)
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4 entriesderived
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
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13 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- катурвам verb (to overthrow)
- подривам verb (to upturn convention by undermining it)
- развращавам verb (to pervert the mind)
- събарям verb (to overthrow)
Catalan
1 entries- subvertir verb (to upturn convention by undermining it)
Dutch
4 entries- protestreclame noun (advertisement created by subvertising)
- corrumperen verb (to pervert the mind)
- omverwerpen verb (to overthrow)
- ondergraven verb (to upturn convention by undermining it)
Finnish
4 entries- vastamainos noun (advertisement created by subvertising)
- horjuttaa verb (to pervert the mind)
- kukistaa verb (to overthrow)
- kumota verb (to overthrow)
French
1 entries- renverser verb (to overthrow)
German
4 entries- korrumpieren verb (to pervert the mind)
- stürzen verb (to overthrow)
- umstoßen verb (to overthrow)
- untergraben verb (to upturn convention by undermining it)
Hungarian
4 entries- aláaknáz verb (to upturn convention by undermining it)
- felbomlaszt verb (to upturn convention by undermining it)
- felforgat verb (to upturn convention by undermining it)
- megdönt verb (to overthrow)
Irish
1 entries- suaith verb (to upturn convention by undermining it)
Italian
1 entries- corrompere verb (to pervert the mind)
Latin
2 entries- subvertō verb (to overthrow)
- subvertō verb (to upturn convention by undermining it)
Portuguese
3 entries- subverter verb (to overthrow)
- subverter verb (to pervert the mind)
- subverter verb (to upturn convention by undermining it)
Russian
4 entries- ниспроверга́ть verb (to overthrow)
- подрыва́ть verb (to upturn convention by undermining it)
- развраща́ть verb (to pervert the mind)
- разруша́ть verb (to pervert the mind)
Spanish
3 entries- contrariar verb (to overthrow)
- subvertir verb (to pervert the mind)
- subvertir verb (to upturn convention by undermining it)
Swedish
2 entries- omstörta verb (to overthrow)
- störta verb (to overthrow)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Her poems subvert the dominant narrative of "Western civilization."
Source: tatoeba (9962937)
Mahmoud Abbas was chosen to be the Palestinian leader by George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon, who were looking for a way to subvert Yasser Arafat.
Source: tatoeba (11843136)
Last week, he made his first public appearance at a news conference in the capital and confessed to slandering and conspiring to subvert the state.
Source: tatoeba (12019448)
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