subvert
verb (used with object)
to overthrow (something established or existing).
has subverted
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present perfectof subvert (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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There are many, many examples of how the victims’ rights movement has subverted the constitutional rights of criminal defendants.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2023
Inequality – in all its forms – has subverted the way our economy functions.
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2019
There’s a bigger picture, and it’s how long Shalwitz’s Woolly has subverted conventions and cried out with civic purpose.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2018
Online violence has "subverted the original positive promise of the internet’s freedoms," UN Women’s Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said in a press release.
From The Verge ● Sep. 24, 2015
You will believe that calamity has subverted my reason, and that I am amusing you with the chimeras of my brain, instead of facts that have really happened.
From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Charles Brockden Brown
