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CATABOLISE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they catabolise ... he / she / it catabolises
Past simple: catabolised
-ing form: catabolising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
catabolise; catabolize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "catabolise" is one way to...):
oxidate; oxidise; oxidize (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something