revolutionize
to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
to subject to a political revolution.
Origin of revolutionize
1- Also especially British, rev·o·lu·tion·ise .
Other words from revolutionize
- rev·o·lu·tion·iz·er, noun
- qua·si-rev·o·lu·tion·ized, adjective
- un·rev·o·lu·tion·ized, adjective
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How to use revolutionize in a sentence
Both parties knew that it was the fixed intention of the French to revolutionise Naples.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson | Robert SoutheyIf it's what he thinks—if he can really cast his brass patterns without air-holes—it will revolutionise our business.
April Hopes | William Dean HowellsMiss Kate Vaughan, at the Gaiety, is already beginning to revolutionise stage dancing, making it at once graceful and decorous.
A Book of Burlesque | Willam Davenport AdamsMen have tried to turn "revolutionise" from a transitive to an intransitive verb.
Orthodoxy | G. K. ChestertonSupposing he intends to reform and revolutionise Society at large by sublime self-sacrifice.
Oscar Wilde | Leonard Cresswell Ingleby
British Dictionary definitions for revolutionize
revolutionise
/ (ˌrɛvəˈluːʃəˌnaɪz) /
to bring about a radical change in: science has revolutionized civilization
to inspire or infect with revolutionary ideas: they revolutionized the common soldiers
to cause a revolution in (a country, etc)
Derived forms of revolutionize
- revolutionizer or revolutioniser, noun
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