pyrolyze Syllabification: (py·ro·lyze)Pronunciation: /ˈpīrəˌlīz/ (Britishpyrolyse)Definition of pyrolyze verb Chemistry make or become decomposed through heating to a high temperature. Origin: 1920s: from pyrolysis, on the pattern of analyzepyrolyze in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of pyrolyze in the British & World English dictionary