Therefore, they cannot catalyze deregulation without "external pressure".
Source: tatoeba (242046)
Catalyze
//ˈkætəˌlaɪz//
Synonyms for "catalyze" (17 found)
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Related words (8)
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10 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 20 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- catalizar verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
Belarusian
1 entries- каталізава́ць verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
Catalan
2 entries- catalitzar verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
- catalitzar verb (to accelerate a process)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 催化 verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
Danish
1 entries- katalysere verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
Dutch
1 entries- katalyseren verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
Finnish
4 entries- jouduttaa verb (to accelerate a process)
- katalysoida verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
- katalysoida verb (to accelerate a process)
- kiihdyttää verb (to accelerate a process)
French
2 entries- catalyser verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
- catalyser verb (to accelerate a process)
Galician
2 entries- catalizar verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
- catalizar verb (to accelerate a process)
Hungarian
2 entries- katalizál verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
- katalizál verb (to accelerate a process)
Icelandic
1 entries- hvetja verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
Italian
2 entries- catalizzare verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
- catalizzare verb (to accelerate a process)
Latvian
1 entries- katalizēt verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
Polish
2 entries- katalizować verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
- katalizować verb (to accelerate a process)
Portuguese
2 entries- catalisar verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
- catalisar verb (to accelerate a process)
Russian
2 entries- катализи́ровать verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
- катализи́ровать verb (to accelerate a process)
Spanish
2 entries- catalizar verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
- catalizar verb (to accelerate a process)
Swedish
1 entries- katalysera verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
Ukrainian
2 entries- каталізува́ти verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
- каталізува́ти verb (to accelerate a process)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xúc tác verb (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)
Sample sentences
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First detected in 1985, the Antarctic ozone hole forms during the Southern Hemisphere’s late winter as the returning sun’s rays catalyze reactions involving man-made, chemically active forms of chlorine and bromine. These reactions destroy ozone molecules.
Source: tatoeba (6548031)
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