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something that causes an important event to happenon in Chemistry: a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
- Catalysts to study your reactions, your brain waves, your thoughts.James Dashner -- The Maze Runner
- The spewing flame had its effect; heat and fire were catalysts.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Dave Severance became the catalyst for these reconnections.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
- The mention of Sophie's name had been the catalyst.Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
- Cha Cha's encounter served as the catalyst for that year's Tradition.Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
- My body was not to be used as an excuse; instead it was a catalyst.Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II
- And you, Valentine's daughter, to be the catalyst for it all.Cassandra Clare -- City of Fallen Angels
- It was true; enzymes acted as catalysts for all chemical reactions, by providing a surface for two molecules to come together and react upon.Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
- The change spread .... faster and faster as the catalyzed reaction opened its surface of contact.Frank Herbert -- Dune
- We have removed the catalyst, true—but the world of men must still work to repair the damage that has been done, and then, ultimately, must choose peace.James A. Owen -- Here, There be Dragons
- We wanted to do so much, wanted to be small catalysts in the transformation of the disfigured sacramental body of the South, which had sired us.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- I may have been a catalyst for rebellion, but a leader should be someone with conviction, and I'm barely a convert myself.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
- The sulfur and salt are alchemical catalysts that facilitate transformation.Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
- According to G., the police believed that Nieminen had been the catalyst behind the whole gang.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
- It had catalyzed a revelation inside their home.Alice Sebold -- Lucky
- Meg McCaffrey, prophecies are the catalysts for every important event—every quest or battle, disaster or miracle, birth or death.Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
- It creates a healthy tension that serves as the catalyst that drives me to fulfill my limited potential.Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
- Mark asked the question not because he thought Dutch could give him the answer, but as a catalyst to his own imagination.Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon
- They were simply catalysts that brought existing problems into sharper focus.Nicholas Sparks -- The Wedding
- His terror was the catalyst.Alfred Bester -- The Demolished Man
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