Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To bring about a radical change in.
- transitive verb To subject to a political or social revolution.
- transitive verb To fill with revolutionary principles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bring about a revolution in; effect a change in the political constitution of: as, to
revolutionize a government. - To alter completely; effect a radical change in.
- To undergo a revolution; become completely altered in social or political respects.
- Also spelled
revolutionise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To change completely, as by a revolution.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to radically or significantly
change , as in arevolution
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb overthrow by a revolution, of governments
- verb change radically
- verb fill with revolutionary ideas
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Examples
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She could not with a word revolutionize womankind, but she could at least be the herald to proclaim the dawn of the day during which the good seed was to be sown.
Mary Wollstonecraft Elizabeth Robins Pennell 1895
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Also, revolutionize is spelled with a Z, not an S. I’m kind of confused on the time progression.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum 2009
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In the early thirties the word revolutionize enjoyed popularity and was altogether respectable, but a special poll invented by a special statistician would be the only means today by which to measure my success in revolutionizing American writing.
william saroyan | part II « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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In the early thirties the word revolutionize enjoyed popularity and was altogether respectable, but a special poll invented by a special statistician would be the only means today by which to measure my success in revolutionizing American writing.
January « 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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Garcia says he is just trying to "revolutionize" San Francisco's schools, in the same way Hendrix's guitar playing transformed music.
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Ryan's comfortably nomadic existence is upset when his smarmy boss, Craig (Jason Bateman), hires the freshly minted Natalie (Anna Kendrick) and institutes her plan to "revolutionize" the business by terminating employees via the Internet.
Timely 'Up in the Air' rises to challenge with humor, heart 2009
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Mr. Hughes says new payment options RIM is testing will "revolutionize" his business.
RIM Tries Harder on Apps Phred Dvorak 2010
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Now the pastor of an alternative church in Brooklyn, N.Y., Jay Bakker's new book, "Fall to Grace" probes the power of God's grace to "revolutionize" believers' relationships with God, each other and larger society.
Exploring Christian LGBT Issues With Jay Bakker Bryan Maygers 2011
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Garcia says he is just trying to "revolutionize" San Francisco's schools, in the same way Hendrix's guitar playing transformed music.
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Garcia says he is just trying to "revolutionize" San Francisco's schools, in the same way Hendrix's guitar playing transformed music.
Music 2009
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