Subvert vs Demolish - What's the difference?
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To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
* Shakespeare
* John Locke
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
To destroy; to destruct.
(figuratively) To utterly defeat.
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Subvert is a related term of demolish.
As verbs the difference between subvert and demolish
is that subvert is to overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly while demolish is to destroy; to destruct.As a noun subvert
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) subverten, from (etyl) subvertir, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- He razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
- This would subvert the principles of all knowledge.
- A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people.
Derived terms
* subversion * subversiveEtymology 2
, by analogy with advert.Synonyms
* subvertisementdemolish
English
Verb
(es)- They demolished the old house and put up four townhouses.
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