British spelling: to remove volatile substances (easily evaporating materials) from a substance through heating or chemical processes.
From de- + volatilise, the British -ise suffix. Related to volatile from Latin volatilis (fleeting).
When meteorites hit Earth and devolatilise from the impact heat, they lose water and gases, which is why meteorites are so much drier than Earth rocks!
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