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Meanings of subvert in English

Portuguese
corromper
Catalan
pervertir
Spanish
subvertir

Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.

      corromper
      Catalan
      subvertir

      To destroy property or hinder normal operations.

            subvertir
            Portuguese
            derribar

            Cause the downfall of; of rulers.

                  derribar
                  Usage of subvert in English
                  1
                  However, certain viruses can subvert the immune response to establish persistent infections.
                  Pubmed
                  2
                  Poet'Most organisations understand that they have to subvert their own received reality.
                  The Irish Times
                  3
                  Romantic comedies have certain rules they either have to follow or subvert.
                  News.com.au
                  4
                  But the National embrace the obvious the more effectively to subvert it.
                  The Guardian
                  5
                  Viruses activate inflammasomes but then subvert resulting inflammatory responses to avoid elimination.
                  Pubmed
                  6
                  Military regimes have used rape as a mechanism to subvert indigenous cultures.
                  Feminist dot com
                  7
                  He did battle with all who attempted to subvert the Nicene Creed.
                  Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04: Imperial Antiquity
                  8
                  More recently, an endeavor was made to subvert the government of Bolivia.
                  The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt / Radio Addresse...
                  9
                  His tuition of his accomplices, and resolution to subvert the government, XVI.
                  Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War
                  10
                  For who do more subvert the common conceptions than the Stoic school?
                  Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
                  11
                  The new enemies: criminals, spies trying to subvert the economic order.
                  Wired
                  12
                  The reformers' work did not inaugurate capitalism or subvert magic or promote science.
                  1492 the year our world began
                  13
                  Photograph: Alamy Will Facebook be used to subvert the 2020 US presidential election?
                  The Guardian
                  14
                  Another condition requires Pakistani security forces not to subvert judicial processes.
                  Reuters
                  15
                  Systems were in put in place to subvert usual international norms.
                  The Guardian
                  16
                  That happens because the tumors develop ways to subvert the effects of PLX4032.
                  Wired
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