Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To reduce to or separate into atoms.
- v. To reduce to tiny particles or a fine spray.
- v. To break into small fragments.
- v. To subject to bombardment with atomic weapons.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To speculate respecting atoms. Cudworth.
- To reduce to atoms; reduce to very small particles, as a liquid; spray.
- Also spelled atomise.
Wiktionary
- v. to separate into atoms
- v. to make into a fine spray
- v. to fragment (can be used metaphorically)
- v. to bomb with nuclear weapons
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.
WordNet 3.0
- v. break up into small particles
- v. spray very finely
- v. strike at with firepower or bombs
Examples
“But while the San Jose Bike Party involves thousands of people acting ridiculously en masse, Portlanders prefer to sort of "atomize" their rides by humiliating themselves in highly specific ways.”
“In particular, efforts might usefully be made to "atomize" each step so that all significant influences could be accounted for that might affect the final results (being careful not to leave out a detailed discussion of each equation/theory used).”
“What's New in This Release: [read full changelog] · The "atomize" function is restored.”
“The idea that Israeli settlements somehow "atomize" Palestinian land”
“But the fundamental challenge for natalists of any stripe is building a convincing rationale for why otherwise contented adults should atomize their lives to bring children into the world.”
“I've never seen to much gun atomize an animal use what you want.”
is a 300 win mag to much for deer it leaves a good sized hole but i just love the gun
“But until belief is proven to unite rather than to atomize the human family, I trust we may be forgiven some skepticism.”
The Huffington Post: Feisal G. Mohamed: Evaluating the Post-Secular Return to Belief
“It existed to atomize the world, which then perforce had to reconstruct itself in a slightly improved form.”
“Has our current ease of transportation by car and our enormous highway system served our country well—knitting it and us together, or has it served to atomize and drive us and our families apart, making anonymity and rootlessness increasingly the norm?”
“Hector could atomize his right arm and reach inside her body.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘atomize’.
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goodkitten's list
there is going to be a lot of words...
flammivomous, pep, electrolyzation, research, constrain, why, refrigerator, invisible, windblown, curate's egg, echoism, drumble and 103 more...
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Undo
A list of terms that denote separating one thing from another, or deconstructing a thing into its parts or to a former state. E.g., untie, divorce, unscramble.
untie, divorce, unscramble, disunite, disjoin, undo, separate, disassemble, uncouple, unhitch, disassociate, disaffiliate and 185 more...
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Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Words from the songs of Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis
zugzwang, valhalla, montalvo, ishist, tritons, mosh, siam, llano del rio, protohuman, tumbleweeds, ludwigshafen, ballyhoos and 349 more...
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slumry's Words
cattywampus, ingratiate, lackadaisical, exactitude, exfoliate, fulminate, circumnavigation, circuitous, debride, sidle, sequester, chicory and 1002 more...
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Consider the Lobster
By David Foster Wallace
percussive, discursive, lugubrious, docent, assiduously, berm, wag, bonmot, imbroglio, telegraph, fissile, rube and 220 more...
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litigious semantics
ad unguem, abeyance, choleric, contentious, curmudgeonly, churlish, dictatorial, vindictive, dogmatic, truculent, mutinous, refractory and 254 more...
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Miscellany, pt. a
afterdamp, abluent, acanthoid, aquiline, acaulescent, aesthetic evil, armillary, armozeen, astucity, athletary, aberrant, abeyant and 118 more...
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GRE uncommon
patronage, expletive, exhort, exegesis, execrable, excommunicate, evince, escarpment, ersatz, ergo, epoxy, snare and 1202 more...
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G. Duncan - I, Lucifer
All my favorite new words from his book.
anorak, antipathy, atomize, avail, botch, chrism, chronic, conjugal, conspicuous, curlicue, defection, dismally and 25 more...
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pumpernickel
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m1ke101's Words
stochastic, amenable, ground truth, perturbation, modality, zeitgeist, liturgy, self-construal, socius, monolithic, unitary, archetype and 21 more...
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