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What is another word for subverting?

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Verb

Present participle for to undermine one's power or authority, especially of an established system or institution

Present participle for to decrease the value, character, or quality of

Present participle for to (intend to) cause great ruin or destruction to

Present participle for to impede the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously

Present participle for to cause to be severely weakened or powerless

Present participle for to put an end to, especially formally

Present participle for to completely destroy or devastate

Present participle for to defeat, or to overcome

Present participle for to insert or introduce in a stealthy way

Present participle for to disprove or refute

Present participle for to cause disarray or disorganization in the order of

(rare, usually used in simple past form "had") Present participle for to influence unscrupulously

The act or state of destroying or being destroyed, especially completely

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Present participle for to undermine one's power or authority, especially of an established system or institution

bringing about the downfall of

giving someone the boot

giving someone their marching orders

throwing out on your ear

forcing out

giving someone the push

giving someone their notice

giving the old heave-ho

giving someone the bullet

giving someone their cards

giving walking papers

giving someone the sack

stepping into the shoes of

giving the bum's rush

handing walking papers

giving someone the big E

giving someone the pink slip

kicking down the ladder

giving someone the air

binning off

paying off

reducing in importance

giving marching orders

throwing someone out on their ear

giving someone their P45

showing the gate to

moving down

reducing to the ranks

giving someone his or her walking papers

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“Attempts to subvert the system while apparently remaining within it will likely be a lot more common.”

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Present participle for to decrease the value, character, or quality of

brutalizing^US

brutalising^UK

colouring^UK

coloring^US

lowering the status of

vandalizing^US

dishonoring^US

vandalising^UK

treating with disrespect

biasing^US

biassing^UK

vulgarizing^US

vulgarising^UK

driving a nail into the coffin of

having a bad effect on

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

pulling the rug out from under

treating sacrilegiously

causing the sacrifice of

resulting in damage to

resulting in harm to

leading to the end of

striking at the foundations

reducing the status of

dragging through the mud

putting out of action

putting out of commission

throwing a monkey wrench into

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“The opening of new channels between cultural conduits tends to subvert the purity of genres by injecting competing memes.”

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Present participle for to (intend to) cause great ruin or destruction to

putting the kibosh on

raining on someone's parade

bringing down

throwing a spanner in the works

blowing a hole in

rendering ineffective

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

vaporizing^US

vaporising^UK

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

imperilling^UK

imperiling^US

jeopardizing^US

bringing about the downfall of

invalidating

upsetting the applecart

cooking someone's goose

finishing

negating

jeopardising^UK

making of no use or value

tumbling

putting out of action

destructing

putting out of commission

writing off

sealing the doom of

putting the skids under

levelling^UK

leveling^US

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

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“I then realized that I was fighting against those aiming to subvert our culture.”

Verb

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Present participle for to impede the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously

Verb

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Present participle for to cause to be severely weakened or powerless

Verb

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Present participle for to put an end to, especially formally

abolishing

cancelling^UK

canceling^US

putting the kibosh on

closing down

knocking something on the head

declaring null and void

rendering null and void

going back on your word

riding roughshod over

putting a line through

flying in the face of

equalizing^US

equalising^UK

rendering ineffective

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Present participle for to completely destroy or devastate

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Present participle for to defeat, or to overcome

pulverising^UK

pulverizing^US

getting the better of

wiping the floor with

bringing someone to their knees

taking to the cleaners

defeating utterly

blowing out of the water

turning inside out

giving someone a drubbing

giving someone a hiding

bearing down

winning a resounding victory over

running roughshod over

taking it all

winning a victory over

pummelling^UK

gaining the advantage over

putting someone in their place

throwing back in confusion

putting to rout

cleaning up on

blowing out of water

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Present participle for to insert or introduce in a stealthy way

Verb

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Present participle for to disprove or refute

Verb

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Present participle for to cause disarray or disorganization in the order of

Verb

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(rare, usually used in simple past form "had") Present participle for to influence unscrupulously

Noun

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The act or state of destroying or being destroyed, especially completely

levelling^UK

leveling^US

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