HAUSSMANNIZE

Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) To destroy the old in order to build the new (in the manner of Baron Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris).

Source: Wiktionary



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(adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil); “hydraulic erosion”; “hydraulic brakes”


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