atomize
Verb
Meaning
To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.
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If in previous decades large historic events drew people together and oriented them toward collective action, the recent double trend toward greater choice but less security leads the young to see their lives in more individual terms. Big events collectivize. Little events atomize.
the fine powder had been atomized by air
zap the enemy
atomize perfume
Glow-discharge atomization A glow-discharge device (GD) serves as a versatile source, as it can simultaneously introduce and atomize the sample.
“When (the Nazis) are doing their best to try and atomize society and break down the bonds between Poles, Pilecki doesn’t turn inwards, he doesn’t retreat into his ethnicity or his class,” Mr Fairweather said.