Definition: 1. An attempt, by a large number of people, to change the government of a country, especially by violent action. 2. A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving. 3. The overthrow of a government by those who are governed.
Use 'revolution' in a sentence:
1. The unrest erupted into revolution.
2. Having started a revolution we must go all the way.
3. What is needed is a second green revolution.
4. The feeding of dairy cows has undergone a revolution.
5. The town was razed to the ground after the French Revolution.
6. With both countries experiencing economic revolutions, it might be time to redraw the traditional relationship.
7. Hundreds of people had died there in terrible circumstances during and after the revolution.
8. And dress, yes, that was the revolution.
9. According to the official figures, over one thousand people died during the revolution.
10. Nadeau is part of a small revolution developing across California.
11. The nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in ship design and propulsion.
12. This is the agricultural revolution.
13. The defeated radicals of the French Revolution were the first to have this messianic vision in 1794.
14. War and revolution have torn families apart.
15. She lived through the turmoil of the French Revolution.
16. The public had wearied of his repeated warnings of a revolution that never seemed to start.
17. The industrial revolution, which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe, is now spreading across the world.
18. The industrial revolution which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe is now spreading across the world.
19. The period since the revolution has been one of political turmoil.
20. Lenin was the great orator of the Russian Revolution.
21. The earlier protests had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution.
22. Was there a revolution in medical science?
23. It's a structural revolution.
24. Only a minority of the people supported the Revolution.
25. The revolution tolled the death knell for the Russian monarchy.
26. The story is set in the British Glorious Revolution.
27. It's imperative for us to embrace a workplace revolution.
28. The British brand of socialism was more interested in reform than revolution.
29. His name was invoked as a symbol of the revolution.
30. Reform, as we know, is the enemy of revolution.
31. That's the roughest possible sketch of what the English Revolution is.
32. We observe that the first calls for radical transformation did not begin until the period of the industrial revolution.
33. But not sufficient to cause the revolution, says Macfarlane.
34. The revolution brought many changes.
35. After the revolution, anarchy ruled.
36. Supporters of the constitution had to quieten fears that aristocrats plotted to steal the fruits of the revolution.
37. In politics Britain has preferred evolution to revolution.
38. A large number of churches fell into ruin after the revolution.
39. The storm clouds of revolution were gathering.
40. Seventy-four years after the Bolshevik Revolution, the Soviet era ended.
41. As with many technological revolutions, you are unlikely to be aware of it.
42. The movie is set at the time of the Russian revolution.
43. He was afraid the revolution they had started would fail.
44. A resident of his neighbourhood had let off fireworks to celebrate the revolution.
45. A revolution in information technology is taking place.
46. The working class is still too small to enable a successful socialist revolution.
47. The vehicle that permitted both communication and acceptability was social revolution.
48. I repeat that medicine is on the brink of a revolution.
