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Haussmannizing

Haussmannizing is the present participle and gerund of Haussmannize.

Meaning of Haussmannize

Verb

Haussmannize (third-person singular simple present Haussmannizes, present participle Haussmannizing, simple past and past participle Haussmannized)

  1. (transitive) To destroy the old in order to build the new (in the manner of Baron Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris).
    • They are not designed to Haussmannize a city, but to guide its future growth.2012, Norman Williams Jr., American Land Planning Law: Cases and Materials

Questions about Haussmannizing

What is Haussmannizing the present participle and gerund of?
Haussmannizing is the present participle and gerund of Haussmannize.

Words near Haussmannizing in the dictionary

  1. Haussmannization
  2. Haussmannizations
  3. Haussmannize
  4. Haussmannized
  5. Haussmannizes
  6. Haussmannizing
  7. haustella
  8. haustellate
  9. haustellated
  10. haustellates
  11. haustellum

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