revolution
Roget category 146
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.7. Change
›› 1.7.1. Simple change
#146.
[Sudden or violent change.]
Revolution
noun
revolution,
bouleversement,
subversion,
break up —
destruction
etc.
162 —
sudden change,
radical change,
sweeping organic change —
change of state,
phase change —
quantum leap,
quantum jump —
clean sweep,
coup d'etat [Fr.],
counter revolution.
jump,
leap,
plunge,
jerk,
start,
transilience† —
explosion —
spasm,
convulsion,
throe,
revulsion —
storm,
earthquake,
cataclysm.
legerdemain
etc.
(trick)
545.
verb
revolutionize —
new model,
remodel,
recast —
strike out something new,
break with the past —
change the face of,
unsex.
adjective
unrecognizable —
revolutionary.
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