depolymerize

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To decompose a polymer into smaller fragments.

Similar words

depolymerise decompose decompound demolecularize break down disintegrate photodecompose fragmentize deagglomerate resolve

Often followed by

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Word family

depolymerization depolymerizations depolymerized depolymerizes depolymerizing