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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subversion \Sub*ver"sion\, n. [L. subversio: cf F. subversion.
See {Subvert}.]
The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned;
entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter
ruin; destruction; as the subversion of a government; the
subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the
constitution.
The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . .
through my whole estate. --Evelyn.
Laws have been often abused to the oppression and
subversion of that order they were intended to
preserve. --Rogers.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
subversion
n 1: activity aimed at bringing about an overthrow of a legally
constituted government [syn: {subversive activity}]
2: the act of overthrowing a legally constituted government
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