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subverted

adjective as in ruined

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His fervor and insistence that democracy had been subverted lead to a riot that breached the U.S.

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He asserted that the presidency is merely a "title" that is "bestowed by a process of some sort that can be subverted."

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“Look, I've obviously lived within the romantic lead space for a while. And I think ‘Mary & George’ completely subverted that in a way,” he said.

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“An election has been overturned and the will of the people has been subverted,” Jackson wrote.

And the two ways it is being subverted — by the elected officials entrusted with upholding it, or by coup plotters overthrowing governments — are manifestations of the same malaise, according to some experts.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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