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bouleverse

bouleverse verb: to change drastically; to overturn or turn upside down.

Verb

bouleverse (third-person singular simple present bouleverses, present participle bouleversing, simple past and past participle bouleversed)

  1. (transitive) To change drastically; to overturn or turn upside down.
    • Had the comet which traversed them been of any respectable weight he would have made havoc among them and bouleversed their motions. But it was a case of locomotive and cow, and it was "very bad for the coo."1872, The Gentleman's Magazine (part 1, page 691)

Forms of bouleverse

third-person singular presentbouleverses
present participlebouleversing
past participlebouleversed
pastbouleversed

Origin of bouleverse

Borrowed from French bouleverser.

Questions about bouleverse

What does bouleverse mean?
Bouleverse means to change drastically; to overturn or turn upside down.
What part of speech is bouleverse?
Bouleverse is a verb.
What is the past tense of bouleverse?
The past tense of bouleverse is bouleversed.

Words near bouleverse in the dictionary

  1. boulevardized
  2. boulevardizes
  3. boulevardizing
  4. boulevardlike
  5. boulevards
  6. bouleverse
  7. bouleversed
  8. bouleversement
  9. bouleversements
  10. bouleversing
  11. boulework

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