"catabolic" meaning in English

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          "word": "anticatabolic"
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          "word": "catabolically"
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          "word": "hypercatabolic"
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          "word": "lipocatabolic"
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          "word": "noncatabolic"
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          "word": "osteocatabolic"
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          "word": "procatabolic"
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          "word": "proteocatabolic"
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          "text": "Near-synonym: catabolytic (sometimes synonymous)"
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          "ref": "2025 June 26, Sam Wolfson, “On r/collapse, people are ‘kept abreast of the latest doom’. Its moderators say it’s not for everyone”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "“This is the idea of catabolic collapse: that what we’re living through is a series of crises, sometimes followed by momentary resolution, but the long-term trend is downturn. It’s not going to be a sudden event that’s everything in a single day, which I think people like preppers are more accustomed to thinking.”",
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        "Of, or relating to catabolism."
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          "word": "metabolic"
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          "word": "catabolytic"
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  "word": "catabolic"
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      "word": "catabolically"
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      "word": "lipocatabolic"
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      "word": "noncatabolic"
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      "word": "osteocatabolic"
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      "word": "procatabolic"
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      "word": "proteocatabolic"
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          "ref": "2025 June 26, Sam Wolfson, “On r/collapse, people are ‘kept abreast of the latest doom’. Its moderators say it’s not for everyone”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "“This is the idea of catabolic collapse: that what we’re living through is a series of crises, sometimes followed by momentary resolution, but the long-term trend is downturn. It’s not going to be a sudden event that’s everything in a single day, which I think people like preppers are more accustomed to thinking.”",
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