Meaning & use
revolutionary
Involving or causing a complete, dramatic, and often sudden change to an existing system.
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The new vaccine was hailed as a revolutionary breakthrough in modern medicine.
Her revolutionary approach to teaching transformed how the whole school operated.
A note on using this word
Revolutionary also functions as a noun for a person who actively works to bring about political revolution.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A person who takes part in or supports a political revolution.
The young revolutionary spent years in exile before the government finally fell.
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