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Catabolize

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cataboliseverbAlternative form of catabolize. [(intransitive) To undergo catabolism.]
katabolizeverbAlternative form of catabolize. [(intransitive) To undergo catabolism.]
break downverb(intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
decomposeverb(transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components.
cytolyzenoun(ambitransitive) To cause, or to undergo, cytolysis.
hydrolyzeverb(chemistry, transitive) To subject to hydrolysis.
destructnoun(intransitive) To self-destruct.
cataleptizeverb(transitive) To induce a state of catalepsy in.
consumeverb(transitive) To eat.
devolveverb(especially of a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.) To transfer authority and responsibility for (something) to (another entity).
tabefyverb(intransitive) To waste away.
burn upverb(intransitive) To catch fire and burn until destroyed.
resorbverb(transitive) To absorb (something) again.
pyrolysizeverb(transitive) To subject to pyrolysis.
catastrophizenoun(transitive, intransitive) To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic.
absumeverb(transitive, obsolete) To consume gradually; to waste away.
degradeverb(transitive) To lower in value or social position.
fissionnounThe process whereby one item splits to become two.
biodeteriorateverbTo undergo biodeterioration
necrotizenoun(transitive) To cause necrosis; to make necrotic.

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