atomize

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The idea that Israeli settlements somehow "atomize" Palestinian land

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  1. transitive verb To reduce to or separate into atoms.
  2. transitive verb To reduce to tiny particles or a fine spray.
  3. transitive verb To break into small fragments.

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  • Through weather modification, as it's benignly known, some scientists, farmers and policymakers want to steer hurricanes, atomize hailstones, sow rain clouds-even blot out a part of the sun-to adjust our outdoor surroundings as if we're nudging the thermostat in our homes. —  Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories
  • Possessing a certain spectral grandeur that's undeniably appropriate for an occasion on which the world might atomize into an intersteller thread of smoke, it's nevertheless about sixteen seconds long. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • Changes in pressure directly affect the ability of Air seals need also to be periodically checked the oil to properly atomize and burn completely. for leaks. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • The capitalists therefore require other means (short of the use of outright force) to attempt to divide and atomize workers other than just "the dull compulsion of economic relations." —  Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org
  • The idea that Israeli settlements somehow "atomize" Palestinian land —  Baltiblogs
 

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/ˈætəmaɪz/
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