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pyrolyze

py·rol·yze [ prə lz ] (past and past participle py·rol·yzed, present participle py·rol·yz·ing, 3rd person present singular py·rol·yz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
heat substance to make it decompose: to make a complex chemical substance decompose into simpler substances by heating it

[Early 20th century. <pyrolysis, after analyze]

py·rol·yz·er noun
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