revolutionize

especially British, rev·o·lu·tion·ise

[rev-uh-loo-shuh-nahyz]

verb (used with object)

revolutionized, revolutionizing 

1. to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in.

   to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.

2. to subject to a political revolution.

revolutionize

/ ˌrɛvəˈluːʃəˌnaɪz /

verb

1. to bring about a radical change in

   science has revolutionized civilization

2. to inspire or infect with revolutionary ideas

   they revolutionized the common soldiers

3. to cause a revolution in (a country, etc)

Other Word Forms

• revolutionizer noun
• quasi-revolutionized adjective
• unrevolutionized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of revolutionize¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; revolution + -ize

Example Sentences

Not so at Northwestern University, where AI is revolutionizing the cornerstone of American business education—the case study.

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Godard can barely be dragged to the set sometimes, seemingly more interested in hanging out at a café, playing pinball, and devising abstract theories about how to undermine and revolutionize traditional cinema.

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"The results from this study demonstrate how powerful mRNA medicines truly are and that they are revolutionizing our treatment of cancer," Coller said.

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The Boring Company is yet another venture by Musk, the world's richest person and boss of Tesla and SpaceX, which aims to revolutionize urban transport through the construction of tunnels.

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The film revolutionized the structure and grammar of modern cinema as surely as Orson Welles’s “Citizen Kane” had a decade earlier, and as Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” would a decade later.

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