pyrolize

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pyrolize (third-person singular simple present pyrolizes, present participle pyrolizing, simple past and past participle pyrolized)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To perform or undergo pyrolysis.
    • 2017, Robert W. Fitzgerald, Fire Performance Analysis for Buildings, page 104:
      A fire on a flat surface cannot propagate because much of the heat generated is lost to the air and feedback is too weak to pyrolize volatile gases.

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