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Verb: atomize  'a-tu`mIz
  1. Spray very finely
    "atomize perfume"
    - atomise [Brit]
     
  2. Strike at with firepower or bombs
    "atomize the enemy"
    - nuke, atomise [Brit], zap
     
  3. Break up into small particles
    "the fine powder had been atomized by air"
    - atomise [Brit]

Derived forms: atomizes, atomized, atomizing

See also: atom, atomization, atomizer

Type of: bomb, bombard, break up, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, spray

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