Haussmannize
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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).
- 2012, Norman Williams Jr., American Land Planning Law: Cases and Materials:
- They are not designed to Haussmannize a city, but to guide its future growth.
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