atomize
- v spray very finely
atomize perfume - v strike at with firepower or bombs
- v break up into small particles
the fine powder had been atomized by air
- After the PRI's 71-year rule ended in 2000, the government took steps to dismantle the cartels, only to watch them atomize into smaller but more sinister gangs.
- While other graduate schools atomize knowledge, this one aims toward "a unification of knowledge and a revealing of the human being as a whole.
- It was able to air a third season this year because NBC signed a cost-sharing deal with DirecTV one of the very satellite providers that have helped atomize the audience.