revolutionary - Definition from the GROUPINGS topic - POLITICS

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revolutionary
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1 completely new and different, especially in a way that leads to great improvements:

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The new cancer drug is a revolutionary breakthrough.

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a revolutionary new drug

2 [only before noun]PPGS relating to a political or social revolution:

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a revolutionary leader

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