rev·o·lu·tion·ary
ˌre-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌner-ē 
1
a
: of, relating to, or constituting a revolution
revolutionary war
b
: tending to or promoting revolution
c
: constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change
a revolutionary new product
2
capitalized
: of or relating to the American Revolution or to the period in which it occurred
plural revolutionaries
1
: one engaged in a revolution
2
: an advocate or adherent of revolutionary doctrines
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Examples of revolutionary in a Sentence
Adjective
a candidate with a lot of crazy, revolutionary ideas that no one seems to be going for
revolutionary forces that were soundly defeated before reaching the capital
Noun
after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries
at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries
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Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Additionally, the revolutionary Netscape Navigator web browser emerged from this region, paving the way for our modern digital landscape.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
On that day in 1868, Cuban revolutionary Carlos Manuel de Céspedes freed his family’s enslaved laborers and announced the beginning of an uprising against Spanish rule.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The Academy’s country voters have trended a touch more progressive than the Nashville institutions that continue to snub Bey, so this isn’t revolutionary.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Additionally, the revolutionary Netscape Navigator web browser emerged from this region, paving the way for our modern digital landscape.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
In the beginning after Fidel took power, Cubans fled the country thinking their exile would be a temporary one, that surely the actions of a few hundred revolutionaries wouldn’t stand and the revolution would fall.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
On that day in 1868, Cuban revolutionary Carlos Manuel de Céspedes freed his family’s enslaved laborers and announced the beginning of an uprising against Spanish rule.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Revolutionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revolutionary. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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