atomizeverb [ I or T ]
UK usually atomise /ˈæt.ə.maɪz//ˈæt̬.ə.maɪz/to change a liquid, or to be changed, into very small drops:
Traditional snow guns use compressed air to atomize the water into droplets.
The substance atomizes, like mist from a perfume bottle.
to divide something or to be divided into small separate parts:
His lawyers will try to pick the case apart, to atomize it and reduce it to merely a series of small technicalities.
If this trend continues, there is a risk that the whole sector will atomize.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Separating and dividing
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- borderline
- branch
- break sth up
- dismember
- dissociate
- dissociate yourself from sth
- disunite
- divide
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- drift
- quarter
- ravel
- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
- rive
- riven
- tear 1
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