atomize

• atomise (non-Oxford British English)

atom +‎ -ize

• IPA^(key): /ˈætəmaɪz/

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atomize (third-person singular simple present atomizes, present participle atomizing, simple past and past participle atomized)

1. (transitive) To separate or reduce into atoms.
2. (transitive) To make into a fine spray.
3. (transitive) To fragment; to break into small pieces or concepts.
   • 1979, Gould, Stephen J., and Richard C. Lewontin. "The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 205: p. 585:

     An organism is then atomized into 'traits' and these traits are explained as structures optimally designed by natural selection for their functions.

4. (transitive) To bomb with nuclear weapons.

• dissociate

atomize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of atomizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

atomize

1. inflection of atomizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative