atomize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb spray very finely
    atomise.
    • atomize perfume
  2. verb strike at with firepower or bombs
    nuke; atomise; zap.
    • zap the enemy
  3. verb break up into small particles
    atomise.
    • the fine powder had been atomized by air

WordNet

At"om*ize transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.
    The liquids in the form of spray are said to be pulverized, nebulized, or atomized. Dunglison.

Webster 1913