revolutionize
verb
rev·o·lu·tion·ize
ˌre-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌnīz 
revolutionized; revolutionizing
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
revolutionizer
noun
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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John Meyer, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Nutrition standards were improving, supermarkets were full of organic food, and American cuisine was being revolutionized.
—Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Combatting non-consensual explicit content Google is also revolutionizing how victims deal with non-consensual explicit images.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
But before its bots can revolutionize family health care, Luffu must first solve the human problem.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
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revolutionize
verb
rev·o·lu·tion·ize
ˌrev-ə-ˈlü-shə-ˌnīz
revolutionized; revolutionizing
1
: to overthrow the established government of
2
: to cause a person to become a revolutionist
3
: to change greatly or completely
an invention that revolutionized the industry
revolutionizer
noun
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