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1. Cause the downfall of; of rulers
   "subvert the ruling class";
   - overthrow, overturn, bring down
    
2. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
   "Do school counselors subvert young children?";
   - corrupt, pervert, demoralize, demoralise [Brit], debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
    
3. Destroy property or hinder normal operations
   "The Resistance subverted railway operations during the war";
   - sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, weaken
    
4. To raze to the ground, also figuratively
   "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"

Derived forms: subverted, subverts, subverting

Type of: alter, change, depose, destroy, disobey, force out, modify, ruin

Encyclopedia: Subvert