Past tense of catalyze; triggered or sped up a reaction, or caused something to happen.
Regular past tense form of 'catalyze,' adding the suffix '-ed' to mark completed action.
When historians say 'the industrial revolution catalyzed modern society,' they're using chemistry's language metaphorically—showing how scientific terms become part of everyday speech!
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