Wiktionary
lysing
vb. (present participle of lyse English)
Usage examples of "lysing".
Damage or “stress” to a host bacterium may result in the transcription of the phage genes, which then replicate new phages, releasing them by lysing or breaking open the host.
Their tissues resisted the lysing enzymes of the predator plants, and anyway after the first itching stab or two the human prey would certainly wake up and go somewhere else.