Usually means: Breaking down polymers into monomers.
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  1. depolymerize: Merriam-Webster
  2. depolymerize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. depolymerize: Collins English Dictionary
  4. depolymerize: Wiktionary
  5. depolymerize: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. depolymerize: Dictionary.com
  7. depolymerize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. depolymerize: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. depolymerize: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. depolymerize: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (depolymerize)

▸ verb:  (chemistry) To decompose a polymer into smaller fragments.

Similar:
depolymerise, decompose, decompound, demolecularize, break down, disintegrate, photodecompose, fragmentize, deagglomerate, resolve, more...

Opposite:
polymerize, synthesize, combine, assemble, unite

Types:
hydrolysis, unzipping, degradation, catabolism, autolysis, lysis, more...

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Similar:
depolymerise, decompose, decompound, demolecularize, break down, disintegrate, photodecompose, fragmentize, deagglomerate, resolve, more...

Opposite:
polymerize, synthesize, combine, assemble, unite

Types:
hydrolysis, unzipping, degradation, catabolism, autolysis, lysis, more...



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