subverts

verb

present tense third-person singular of subvert
as in degrades
to lower in character, dignity, or quality by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward

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Recent Examples of subverts Seen through the lens of the Civil War and its aftermath, the piece subverts every expectation. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 Although the Western genre is an ever-present influence, Grisebach subverts some of its tropes. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 May 2026 The play subverts itself, never allowing an audience to gain a commanding foothill, even at the end when (suffice it to say) the watchers become the watched. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026 With Manhunt, Felker-Martin subverts this convention, creating a post-contagion world in which trans women (and men and nonbinary people) not only exist but tell the story themselves across multiple viewpoint characters. — Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026 While most women figure skaters are known to sport pristine buns and dance to very predictable classics and pop songs, Alysa Liu subverts the norm. — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 20 Feb. 2026 Gourault often subverts the extractivist logic of new media technologies and employs open-source investigation in the production of his films. — Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026 The textured outer elevates even the most basic outfits, while the oxblood hue subtly subverts expectations. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026 The razor-sharp slasher, which leans into and subverts genre tropes, also stars Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell, Rose McGowan, Courtney Cox, Jamie Kennedy and David Arquette, among others. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subverts
  1. degrades
  2. weakens
  3. corrupts
  4. destroys
  5. humiliates
  6. dilutes
  7. deteriorates
  8. demeans
Verb
  • These are exactly the kinds of workflows where human attention degrades over time and for which automation and AI are ideally suited.
    — Tal Lev-Ami, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But because niobium diselenide degrades rapidly in air, scientists have not been able to reliably fabricate devices at the wafer scale.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of degrades
Verb
  • In a turnaround, the danger is that cutting so deeply weakens the capabilities needed for recovery.
    — Ozan Ozerk, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Every decision that follows—from financial management to customer experience—either strengthens or weakens that identity.
    — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of weakens
Verb
  • Forgetting his bond with the land, Mariano awakens the Ch’iqmi, a dark force that corrupts his people.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 25 June 2026
  • One nanny will try to get to the bottom of it before all the partying, power and privilege corrupts her.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of corrupts
Verb
  • T cells, a type of immune cell that detects and destroys infected or abnormal cells, normally perform this inspection.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The white dwarf emits radiation and produces a giant gas bubble—the lion’s face—that destroys dust in its path.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of destroys
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  • Filming a scene in which Isaiah humiliates Cam, Withers asked Wayans to crack jokes about Kionte’s death — the defining event of Withers’ life, and his lowest point.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Diomande just humiliates fullbacks.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Definition of humiliates
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  • When a company dilutes its shareholders, the stock’s value has a high probability of declining.
    — David Capablanca, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Instead, the new exhibit dilutes the story of slavery by surrounding it with material that has little to do with the President’s House at all, such as biographies of individual Founders and the ins and outs of various constitutional structures.
    — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Definition of dilutes
Verb
  • When judgment deteriorates, every downstream outcome eventually reflects it.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Presidents fall, elections are held, and international interventions return — yet insecurity deepens and governance deteriorates.
    — José Singer, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026
Definition of deteriorates
Verb
  • Most frustratingly, the secret traitor demeans us, the audience.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
  • That conflict comes to a head in the middle of campus in the film’s most intense scene, as Alma verbally belittles and demeans her until Maggie snaps and suddenly smacks her mentor.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Definition of demeans

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