subvert
verb
[ səbˈvəːt ]
• undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).
Similar:
destabilize,
unsettle,
overthrow,
overturn,
bring down,
bring about the downfall of,
topple,
depose,
oust,
supplant,
unseat,
dethrone,
disestablish,
dissolve,
disrupt,
wreak havoc on,
sabotage,
ruin,
upset,
destroy,
annihilate,
demolish,
wreck,
undo,
undermine,
undercut,
weaken,
impair,
damage,
corrupt,
pervert,
warp,
deprave,
defile,
debase,
distort,
contaminate,
poison,
embitter,
vitiate,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French subvertir or Latin subvertere, from sub- ‘from below’ + vertere ‘to turn’.
