transmuteverb [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ]
uk/trænzˈmjuːt/us/trænsˈmjuːt/formal or specializedto change something completely, especially into something different and better:
A few centuries ago alchemists thought they could transmute lead into gold.
Plutonium transmutes into/to uranium when it is processed in a nuclear reactor.
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Changing
- a new broom sweeps clean idiom
- about-turn
- alter
- alternate
- alternation
- bastardize
- convert
- move on
- move the goalposts idiom
- move with the times idiom
- new
- new broom
- onto
- reverse
- swing
- transfigure
- transform
- transitional
- transmogrify
- turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth
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transmutation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌtrænz.mjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌtræns.mjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/