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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
catalyse .
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Examples
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In the US, the outgoing head of the CIA, Michael Hayden, has said that Ethiopia's invasion of Somalia in late 2006 "catalysed" expatriate Somalis around the world.
The Jawa Report 2009
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Didn’t we all notice how that kind of catalysed the economic meltdown of the entire planet?
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These steps are catalysed be the enzymes alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase respectively.
Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, Fact | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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The ingenious conceit of a mystery story in which the quest for the truth is foiled by an Alzheimer's sufferer catalysed a well-plotted drama, executed without exploitativeness and, in Simm's case, played more tenderly than I'd have thought him capable.
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Thomas Steitz's high resolution structures of the large ribosomal subunit in functional complexes led to atomic level understanding of how formation of peptide bonds between amino acids is catalysed on the ribosome.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 - Presentation Speech 2009
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While bouts of political instability, such as the Lebanese civil war and the Iraq war, have at times catalysed migration, it must be seen as a long-term trend rather than a gauge of increased anti-Christian feeling.
Christianity's place in the Middle East Chris Phillips 2010
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These steps are catalysed be the enzymes alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase respectively.
Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, Fact | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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And, it is 50 years since Amos Vogel arranged a landmark film screening which catalysed a change in how film lovers, artists and studio chiefs saw the medium.
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The administration has a good story to tell of how committing to US legislation has catalysed serious emission reduction commitments from all major economies.
Nick Mabey: Sorting Blinks From Winks In The Copenhagen End Game 2009
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These were super-small clusters of sulphuric acid and water molecules – which are the building blocks for cloud condensation nuclei - that had been catalysed by the electrons released by cosmic rays.
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