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Verbs
1. (verb) bring down, overthrow, overturn, subvert;
  - cause the downfall of; of rulers;
  - “The Czar was overthrown”; “subvert the ruling class”;

2. (verb) corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate;
  - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;
  - “debauch the young people with wine and women”; “Socrates was accused of corrupting young men”; “Do school counselors subvert young children?”; “corrupt the morals”;

3. (verb) counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken;
  - destroy property or hinder normal operations;
  - “The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war”;

4. (verb) subvert;
  - destroy completely;
  - “we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis”;

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