catabolize

catabolize (third-person singular simple present catabolizes, present participle catabolizing, simple past and past participle catabolized)

1. (intransitive) To undergo catabolism.
2. (transitive) To cause (a substance) to undergo catabolism.
3. (transitive) To produce (a substance) by catabolism.

• catabolic
• catabolization

• metabolize