Meaning & use
Catalyzing
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Causing or accelerating a process or change, especially by acting as a stimulus.
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Her speech ended up catalyzing a wave of community activism.
The new funding is catalyzing research across several university labs.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from chemistry, where a catalyst speeds up a reaction without being consumed, the word now applies broadly to anything that sparks change.
Words with a similar meaning
triggeringsparkingaccelerating
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Words with an opposite meaning
hinderingimpeding
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