Definition of "revolutionize" []

• To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. (verb-transitive)
• To subject to a political or social revolution. (verb-transitive)
• To fill with revolutionary principles. (verb-transitive)

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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."
• "Also, revolutionize is spelled with a Z, not an S. I’m kind of confused on the time progression."
• "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."