Home › Words › V › virializevirializevirialize means to cause virialization.EtymologyFrom virial + -ize.verbTo cause virialization.To undergo virialization.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.virializing 83% match — That virializes vs virialize →volatilize 58% match — To make volatile; to cause to evaporate. vs virialize →biotitize 57% match — To convert into biotite. vs virialize →virilizer 57% match — A protein active in virilization. vs virialize →avianize 56% match — To attenuate (something such as a virus, for example for use in a vaccine) by repeatedly culturing it in bird embryos. vs virialize →viralization 56% match — The act or the process of going viral vs virialize →devirilize 56% match — To take away the virility of; to emasculate. vs virialize →devirilization 55% match — The process of devirilizing. vs virialize →