All 4 Uses of
revolution
in
Zero Day
- Puller noted she used a standard Weaver firing stance, named after a county deputy in California who'd revolutionized shooting competitions back in the late 1950s.†
p. 52.7revolutionized = created dramatic changestandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" in revolutionize means to make. This is the same pattern you see in words like alphabetize, legalize, and vocalize.
- Blue was the color chosen by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War to distinguish the colonial fighters from their British redcoat counterparts.†
p. 236.4 *revolutionary = related to or causing dramatic change; of a supporter of the change
- The thump was the fan oscillating from side to side where the frame made contact with the concrete on each revolution.†
p. 42.9
- He watched it, counted the revolutions, then closed his eyes, waited for the bathroom door to reopen, see her silhouetted there.†
p. 417.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(revolution as in: the computer revolution) dramatic change -- sometimes violent overthrow of a government
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(2)
(revolution as in: revolution around the sun) circular movement -- sometimes referring to exactly one rotation