Damage and Subvert

Damage

Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

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Subvert and damage are semantically related In some cases you can use "Subvert" instead a verb "Damage".

Nearby Words: damaged, damaging, damageable

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

Usage example: 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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Damage and subvert are semantically related in disrupt topic. Sometimes you can use "Damage" instead a verb "Subvert".

Nearby Words: subversion, subverting

character	damage character	subvert character
part	damage part	subvert part
relationship	damage relationship	subvert relationship
time	damage time	subvert time
Other words: way, world, bit, ships, allies.

While present in the World of Tanks, with the usual experience for kills and damage, the players subvert it.

Source: Helping Would Be Killstealing
The Unforgiven drives the point home; he can't just replace everything with machinery like the Iron Hands would have done, since too much damage happened too quickly, including minor brain cell damage right up until they subvert the entire trope by putting him in a Dreadnought.

Source: Literature / Dark Angels
He can subvert this by chiseling his face to reopen his eyes and mouth, but being a Vampire means all damage will be healed when he goes to sleep.

Source: The Blank

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