Usually means: Decompose material using high heat.
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  1. pyrolyze: Merriam-Webster
  2. pyrolyze: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pyrolyze: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pyrolyze: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pyrolyze: Wiktionary
  6. pyrolyze: Dictionary.com
  7. pyrolyze: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See pyrolized as well.)

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▸ verb:  US spelling of pyrolyse [(intransitive, chemistry) To undergo pyrolysis.]

Similar:
pyrolyse, pyrolysize, pyrolize, hydrolyze, cytolyze, catabolize, crack, photolyse, atmolyse, calcine, more...

Opposite:
synthesize, combine, unite, assemble, build

Types:
char, carbonize, decompose, incinerate, calcine, more...

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Similar:
pyrolyse, pyrolysize, pyrolize, hydrolyze, cytolyze, catabolize, crack, photolyse, atmolyse, calcine, more...

Opposite:
synthesize, combine, unite, assemble, build

Types:
char, carbonize, decompose, incinerate, calcine, more...



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