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radical change
| Main Entry: |
quantum leap
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden progress |
| Synonyms: | abrupt change, advance, breakthrough, giant strides, inspiration, jump, leaps and bounds, quantum jump, radical change, transilience |
| Main Entry: | transformation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete change |
| Synonyms: | about-face, alteration, changeover, conversion, flip-flop, metamorphosis, radical change, renewal, revolution, shift, switch, transfiguration, transmogrification, transmutation |
| Antonyms: | preservation, sameness, stagnation |
| Main Entry: | sea change |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | major change |
| Synonyms: | break with the past, conversion, marked transformation, metamorphosis, quantum jump, quantum leap, radical change, revolutionary change, sudden change, total change, transfiguration, transformation, upheaval |
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| Concept: | [Sudden or violent change] Revolution. |
| Category: | 1. SIMPLE CHANGE |
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-nouns
revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up; destruction; sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change; change of state, phase change; quantum leap, quantum jump; clean sweep, coup d'etat, counter revolution., jump, leap, plunge, jerk, start, transilience; explosion; spasm, convulsion, throe, revulsion; storm, earthquake, cataclysm., legerdemain (trick).
-verbs
revolutionize; new model, remodel, recast; strike out something new, break with the past; change the face of, unsex.
-adjectives
unrecognizable; revolutionary.
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