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    revolutionise

    verbBand 7

    UKˌrevəˈluːʃənaɪz
    USˌrɛvəˈluːʃənaɪz

    To change something completely and fundamentally, usually for the better.

    An electric car's charging cable plugged into a sleek socket, beside an old dented petrol can on the garage floor
    From petrol can to plug: to revolutionise something is to change it completely.

    The internet has revolutionised the way we communicate.

    AI could revolutionise healthcare.

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    Words that go with revolutionise: revolutionise an industry; completely revolutionise; revolutionise the way we….

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    preservemaintain

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    The revolutionise family: revolutionise (verb), revolution (noun), revolutionary (adjective).

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