Abuse and Subvert

Abuse

Abuse verb - To inflict physical or emotional harm upon.

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Subvert and abuse are semantically related in ill-treat topic. In some cases you can use "Subvert" instead a verb "Abuse".

Nearby Words: abusive, abused, abusing

Subvert verb - To lower in character, dignity, or quality.

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Abuse and subvert are semantically related in ill-treat topic. Sometimes you can use "Abuse" instead a verb "Subvert".

Nearby Words: subversion, subverting

power	abuse power	subvert power
people	abuse people	subvert people
aspect	abuse aspect	subvert aspect
system	abuse system	subvert system
Other words: way, rule, law, authority, bit, hell, rules.

For every time they do abuse loopholes, they'll just as equally acknowledge and then subvert them by ignoring them, claiming what they call "the spirit of the myth".

Source: Loophole Abuse / Live-Action TV
However, they've made a clear effort to subvert this recently, by making their rants targeted towards fundamentalists who abuse religion rather than religion in general.

Source: Radio / The Young Turks
Japan's more liberal media, on the other hand, often tried to subvert the propaganda machine using Loophole Abuse and Suspiciously Specific Denial.

Source: Useful Notes / Katanas of the Rising Sun

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