revolutionize

[ rev-uh-loo-shuh-nahyz ]

/ ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃəˌnaɪz /

verb (used with object), rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing.

to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.

to subject to a political revolution.

Nearby words

revolutionary, revolutionary calendar, revolutionary war, revolutionary wars, revolutionist, revolutionize, revolutions of 1848, revolve, revolver, revolving, revolving charge account

Also especially British, rev·o·lu·tion·ise.

Origin of revolutionize

First recorded in 1790–1800; revolution + -ize

Related formsrev·o·lu·tion·iz·er, nounqua·si-rev·o·lu·tion·ized, adjectiveun·rev·o·lu·tion·ized, adjective

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Examples from the Web for revolutionise

There are some who believe in the saving power of German music to revolutionise the German nature.
Thoughts Out of Season (Part II)|Friedrich Nietzsche
There is nothing to show that it endeavoured to revolutionise Masonry in its own interest.
Devil-Worship in France|Arthur Edward Waite
The subtraction of the moral sense will not revolutionise human purposes, but simply make them listless.
Is Life Worth Living?|William Hurrell Mallock
I intend him when full grown to revolutionise society and faire époque in history.
Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle|Clement K. Shorter

Both parties knew that it was the fixed intention of the French to revolutionise Naples.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson|Robert Southey

British Dictionary definitions for revolutionise

revolutionize

revolutionise

/ (ˌrɛvəˈluːʃəˌnaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to bring about a radical change inscience has revolutionized civilization

to inspire or infect with revolutionary ideasthey revolutionized the common soldiers

to cause a revolution in (a country, etc)

Derived Formsrevolutionizer or revolutioniser, noun

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