revolutionize
verb
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revolutionized;
revolutionizing
Definition of revolutionize
1
: to overthrow the established government of
2
: to imbue with revolutionary doctrines
3
: to change fundamentally or completely
revolutionize an industry
: to engage in revolution
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Examples of revolutionize in a Sentence
The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel.
This new drug may revolutionize cancer treatment.
This discovery has revolutionized our understanding of how the human brain works.
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The next president of the United States needs to be wiling to revolutionize the way the system has been set up for all these years. — Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, "Democratic debates put a national spotlight on Detroit. But candidates ignored its issues.," 5 Aug. 2019 Jane the Virgin: Season 5 Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer The Naked Director (Netflix Original) The series follows Toru Muranishi, a director who revolutionized the adult film industry in 1980s Japan. — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, "Netflix in August 2019: 'Rocky,' 'Now and Then' and 'Mindhunter' are in; 'Scarface' is out," 24 July 2019 The procedure, sometimes called a coronary-artery bypass graft (CABG), revolutionized the way cardiovascular patients are treated. — Maggie O'neill, Health.com, "Who Was Ren茅 Favaloro? What to Know About the Pioneering Doctor in Today's Google Doodle," 12 July 2019 Whitman and Melville were profound and original writers who revolutionized American literature. — Elaine Showalter, The New York Review of Books, "Whitman, Melville, & Julia Ward Howe: A Tale of Three Bicentennials," 27 May 2019 The Webb telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, is one of NASA's most complex and expensive projects to date, meant to revolutionize the way the world's understanding of planet and star formation. — Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, "Bridenstine: NASA may ask Congress for more money for James Webb Telescope," 23 May 2018 In the past decade, technology to flatten full-size mattresses like pancakes for easier shipping has revolutionized the landscape, giving way to start-ups such as Casper, Purple and Nectar. — Hailey Mensik, Los Angeles Times, "Waking up a sleepy California mattress company | How I Made It," 18 Aug. 2019 Image The stadium, the park, and an ultramodern soccer academy form a vast complex, all of it financed by Galitsky, who made his fortune in retail and who has embarked on an ambitious plan to revolutionize Russian soccer culture. — New York Times, "Russia鈥檚 Most Soccer-Mad City, Excluded From the World Cup," 9 July 2018 Beyond his songwriting career, Barlow was also a retired Wyoming cattle rancher and political activist, revolutionizing the public's concept of cyberspace. — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, "John Perry Barlow, Grateful Dead Lyricist & Internet Rights Activist, Dies at 70," 7 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'revolutionize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for revolutionize
revolutionize
verb
English Language Learners Definition of revolutionize
: to change (something) very much or completely : to cause a revolution in (something)
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revolutionize
verb
rev路o路lu路tion路ize
| \ 藢re-v蓹-藞l眉-sh蓹-藢n墨z
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revolutionized;
revolutionizing
Kids Definition of revolutionize
: to change greatly or completely
The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel.
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