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depolymerise

depolymerise is the alternative form of depolymerize.

Meaning of depolymerize

Verb

depolymerize (third-person singular simple present depolymerizes, present participle depolymerizing, simple past and past participle depolymerized)

  1. To decompose a polymer into smaller fragments.

Forms of depolymerise

third-person singular presentdepolymerises
present participledepolymerising
past participledepolymerised
pastdepolymerised

Origin of depolymerise

From de- + polymerise.

Questions about depolymerise

What is depolymerise the alternative form of?
Depolymerise is the alternative form of depolymerize.

Words near depolymerise in the dictionary

  1. depolyglutamylations
  2. depolymerase
  3. depolymerases
  4. depolymerisation
  5. depolymerisations
  6. depolymerise
  7. depolymerised
  8. depolymerises
  9. depolymerising
  10. depolymerizable
  11. depolymerizating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: depolymerise (page history and authors); depolymerize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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