Sub-vẽr'sion, n.

[Lat. subversio, Fr. subversion, Sp. subversion, suversion, It. sovversione.] The act of overthrowing, or the state of being overthrown; entire overthrow; an overthrow of the foundation; utter ruin; as, the subversion of a government or state; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution or laws; the subversion of an empire.

The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . . through my whole estate . . . is almost tragical, not to be paralleled with any thing happening in our age. Evelyn.