Haussmannize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To destroy the old in order to build the new (in the manner of Baron Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris). transitive

    "They are not designed to Haussmannize a city, but to guide its future growth."

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"They are not designed to Haussmannize a city, but to guide its future growth."

Etymology

From Haussmann + -ize.

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