Converse of object

• undergo: Over the past 20 years waste management in the UK has undergone a quiet revolution with increasing amounts of waste being recycled.

• spark: It has given me much joy and sparked a mental revolution the like of which I haven't experienced before.

• ignite: American computer makers still sell consumer electronics, but their entry into the market didn't ignite a revolution in brands or customer loyalty.

• herald: The introduction in 1986 of the US built class 59 heralded a revolution in diesel traction for freight services in the UK.

• crush: Or was it the political machine which the Bolsheviki have created --is that the force which is crushing the Revolution?

• kick-start: The anthem Born To Be Wild, helped kick-start a revolution of free-thinking rock ' n ' rollers.

Converse of subject

• overthrow: Hashemite rule in Iraq lasted until 1958 when it was overthrown by a popular revolution, installing a left-wing, pro-Soviet military government.

Adjective modifier

• proletarian: In France, I base the aim of the proletarian revolution... .

• Russian: IN 1917 the Russian Revolution swept away the old order.

• French: Source: John Hardman, The French Revolution, pp.

• industrial: The Miners cottages were the home of many of the shale miners throughout the industrial revolution of the 19th Century.

• socialist: Sadly, o­n this side of the socialist revolution, that's the way things are.

• Cuban: Its only concern is to smash the Cuban revolution at whatever the cost.

Modifies a noun

• brewing: It made nationalist sense to see Ceylon as part of the larger revolution brewing in India.

Noun used with modifier

• Bolshevik: Trotsky's leadership during the Russian Civil War probably saved the Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917.

• velvet: He feels ill at ease that he has now become the living symbol of the current Czechoslovak " velvet revolution " .

• dotcom: The dotcom revolution is going to lead to even more information anarchy.

• telecommunications: The telecommunications revolution - including the Internet and World Wide Web - is providing us with ever greater power at ever lower prices.

• broadband: We suggest that OFTEL and others really must start a debate on ' how do we include remote areas in the broadband revolution?

Preposition: of

• spindle: Carriage feed rates vary through fifty changes from 0.0005 " to 0.016 " per revolution of the headstock spindle.