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
Words Nearby revolutionize
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How to use revolutionize in a sentence
UC Berkeley archaeologist Rosemary Joyce, who revolutionized the field with her work on gender in early societies, argues that we can’t be sure female figurines would have been regarded as representing women as a group.
What archaeologists got wrong about female statues, goddesses, and fertility | Annalee Newitz | February 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThey did not score a touchdown for the first time since Mahomes and Coach Andy Reid joined forces and revolutionized NFL offense.
What went wrong for the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes in a brutal Super Bowl defeat | Adam Kilgore | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostYou’ll hear how industry titans like Henry Heinz, Milton Hershey and Ray Kroc revolutionized American food and transformed American life and culture in the process.
Listen to ‘The Food That Built America,’ a New Podcast From OZY and the History Channel | Sean Braswell | February 4, 2021 | OzyThese companies have revolutionized appliance engineering, leading to high-end products that promise precision.
The best hair dryer: Get a salon-worthy blowout at home | Carsen Joenk | January 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe use of AI in vaccine development may revolutionize the way all vaccines are created in the future.
These five AI developments will shape 2021 and beyond | Jason Sparapani | January 14, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
But a project out of Stanford University is hoping to grant Turkers agency—and might begin to revolutionize the industry.
Amazon’s Turkers Kick Off the First Crowdsourced Labor Guild | Kevin Zawacki | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I think this will revolutionize the brand,” Averyl Oates, the fashion director at Galeries Lafayette in Paris, also said.
It's been over half a century since Shirley Temple rose to fame and helped revolutionize protections for child actors.
He would rise to become Deputy Commissioner of the NYPD, and revolutionize crime fighting along the way.
Jack Maple: The Cop Who Transformed New York City | Michael Daly, Alex Chancey | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow, scientists hope that robots can revolutionize the study of animal migrations.
It is the men who propound agitating ideas and who revolutionize the character of nations, that are persecuted.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordBut speaking of elevators, we are going to revolutionize all that.
Pharaoh's Broker | Ellsworth DouglassEvidently he did not revolutionize to any very great extent.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) | W. Grant HagueSuch were the truths which Mohammed, with preternatural earnestness, now declared,--doctrines which would revolutionize Arabia.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordThis woman had discovered, and almost created, a new world of science and culture which was to revolutionize life.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. Tyler
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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