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[ verb ] undergo a change or development
Examples : "The water turned into ice" "Her former friend became her worst enemy" "He turned traitor" Used in print (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)To greet them with repulsion would turn what before was neutral into something bad ; it would needlessly bring badness into the world ; and even on subjectivist assumptions that does not seem very bright . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)Flatness may now monopolize everything , but it is a flatness become so ambiguous and expanded as to turn_into illusion itself - at_least an optical if_not , properly_speaking , a pictorial illusion . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)The Death's-Head_Corps took_in Ukrainian and Baltic_Auxiliaries , and the Einsatzkommandos waded knee-deep in blood and turned_into drunken , dope ridden maniacs . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)`` If you saw the drama called Rhinoceros '' , I said , `` think_of the effect it would have on an audience of rhinos when the actor on stage suddenly begins turning_into a rhinoceros . Related terms transform come reduce suffocate flocculate nucleate carbonate change_state turn turn |
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