Destroyed
Subverted
Destroyed and subverted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destroyed" instead the word "Subverted" as a verb or an adjective.
Nearby Words: subversion, subverting
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ravaged and destroyed
- ravaged and subverted
- crushed and destroyed
- crushed and subverted
- ruined and destroyed
- ruined and subverted
- extinct and destroyed
- extinct and subverted
- extinguished and destroyed
- extinguished and subverted
- smashed and destroyed
- smashed and subverted
- annihilated and destroyed
- annihilated and subverted
Both words in one sentence
- Subverted in one episode of 30 Rock: Kenneth the NBC page's blazer is accidentally destroyed and his only way to get a replacement is to beat his rival in an epic contest called a "page-off".
- Subverted with the Battle of Bailén - the Spanish destroyed three French divisions.
Source: Shocking Defeat Legacy -
Subverted by his Russian equivalent, Admiral Yevfimy Putyatin who managed to open Japan for Russia after a tsunami destroyed his fleet.
Source: Gunboat Diplomacy
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