Word for doing something specifically to undermine status quo

Is there a word which means to do something specifically to undermine the status quo? Perhaps in a political context?

Solution 1:

subvert [verb]

undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution)

an attempt to subvert democratic government

[ODO]

Solution 2:

Revolt, according to Cambridge Dictionary:

If a large number of people revolt, they refuse to be controlled or ruled, and take action against authority, often violent action.

One of their examples (quoted from the same page):

Californians may be ready to revolt against broad cuts in government services.

Attribution: "Revolt Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary." Cambridge Dictionary. Accessed March 30, 2018. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/revolt.

Solution 3:

game-changer EOLD

An event, idea, or procedure that effects a significant shift in the current way of doing or thinking about something. ‘a potential game changer that could revitalize the entire US aerospace industry’

Although probably originally a sports phrase, it's used in politics and business.

As for a person who shakes things up, gadfly:

A gadfly is a person who interferes with the status quo of a society or community by posing novel, potently upsetting questions, usually directed at authorities. The term is originally associated with the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, in his defense when on trial for his life. (Wikipedia, "social gadfly")

Solution 4:

The idiom rock the boat means "to do or say something that may upset the status quo."

Solution 5:

kibosh TFD and Word of the Day MW Dictionary Podcast

(Related to kibosh: put the kibosh on)

a check, end, or stop.

As in (without a sample sentence):

He put the kibosh/ is trying to kibosh our long standing X.