revolutionize
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revolutionized, past participle; revolutionizes, 3rd person singular present; revolutionized, past tense; revolutionising, present participle; revolutionised, past participle; revolutionised, past tense; revolutionizing, present participle; revolutionises, 3rd person singular present;
/ˌrevəˈlo͞oSHəˌnīz/,
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revolutionized, past participle; revolutionizes, 3rd person singular present; revolutionized, past tense; revolutionising, present participle; revolutionised, past participle; revolutionised, past tense; revolutionizing, present participle; revolutionises, 3rd person singular present;
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Change (something) radically or fundamentally
- - this fabulous new theory will revolutionize the whole of science
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- change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"
- overthrow by a revolution, of governments
- fill with revolutionary ideas
- (Revolutionized) A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turn around") is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time. Its use to refer to political change dates from Copernicus' famous De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium.
- to completely change something so that it is much better