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Atomize

Definition: Atomize

Atomize

Verb

1. Spray very finely; "atomize perfume".

2. Strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy".

3. Break up into small particles; of liquids or solids.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Atomize

DomainDefinition

Personal Care & Hotels

Reduce to very fine spray. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Atomize

Synonyms: atomise (v), nuke (v), zap (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Atomize

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Destruction

Smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver; batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces; laniate; nip; tear to rags, tear to tatters; crush to atoms, knock to atoms; ruin; strike out; throw over, knock down over; fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge; lay in ashes, lay in ruins; sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze; level with the dust, level with the ground; waste; atomize, vaporize.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Atomize

English words defined with "atomize": Nebulize. (references)

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Sounds Captioned with "Atomize".

PlayCaption
Spray; atomize; diffuse; drizzle; dust; scatter; shoot; shower; smear; spatter; splash; spritz; squirt; throw around.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Atomize

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

atomize

14
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Atomize

Language Translations for "atomize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pluhurzoj (fluidize, pulverize), grimcoj (comminute, crumble up). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فصل الى ذرات, ‏ذرى (fan, pitchfork, winnow), ‏رذذ (spray). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

атомизирам, пулверизирам (pulverize, triturate). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

雾化 (atomisation, atomise, Atomization). (various references)

   

Czech

  

atomizovat. (various references)

   

Danish

  

forstoeve (spray). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verstuiven (spray, squirt), vernevelen (fogging, spray). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مرکب ازاتم یاذرات ریزکردن , تبدیل به پودرکردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sumuttaa (spray). (various references)

   

French

  

atomiser. (various references)

   

German

  

atomisieren. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ψεκάζω (spray). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"פרי" לאטומים. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

részekre bont (to split into), porlaszt (levigate, pulverize, spray, to atomize, to pulverize, to spray, vaporize). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menyemprotkan. (various references)

   

Italian

  

atomizzare, nebulizzare (nebulise, nebulize, spray). (various references)

   

Manx

  

breneenaghey. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atomizeay

   

Portuguese

  

pulverizar (comminute, crush, levigate, meal, mill, powder, pulverize, talcum, vapor, vaporize, vapour). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

atomiza, pulveriza (comminute, grind, jet, levigate, powder, pulverize, spray, sprinkle). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

распылять (airbrushed, airbrushing, fritter away, pulverize, spray, volatilize). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

atomizovati, atomizirati. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

atomizar (spray). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

smula sönder (crumb, pick to pieces), finfördela till små droppar (spray), finfördela (grind, levigate, pulverize), förvandla till atomer, förstofta (spray). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

atomlara ayırmak, atom bombası atmak, püskürtmek (beat off, belch, dash, pulverization, pulverize, repel, repulse, spout, spray, spray on, squirt, vaporize, vomit). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

розбризкувати, піддавати атомному удару, подрібнювати (beetle, grain, granulate, grind up, mill, parcel). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

atomeiddio. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Atomize

Derivations

Words beginning with "atomize": atomized, atomizer, atomizers, atomizes. (additional references)

Words ending with "atomize": anatomize. (additional references)

Words containing "atomize": anatomized, anatomizes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Atomize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anonize, Artemide, atomi, atomise, atomite, automize, Ntumaza, otomyine. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Atomize"

Words rhyming with "atomize" (pronounced 'At"om*ize'): Abolitionize, Acclimatize, Acetize, Achromatize, Actualize, Adonize, Adulterize, Adverbialize, Africanize, Agatize, Agnize, Agrarianize, Albumenize, Alchemize, Alcoholize, Algebraize, Alkalize, Allotropize, Alphabetize, Aluminize, Amalgamize, Americanize, Amortize, Anabaptize, Anachronize, Anaesthetize, Anagrammatize, Analogize, Anarchize, Anathematize, Anatomize, Angelize, Anglicize, Angurize, Animalize, Annalize, Anthropomorphize, Antipathize, Antiquarianize, Aphetize, Aphorize, Apostatize, Apothegmatize, Apotheosize, Appetize, Apprize, Archaize, Argumentize, Aromatize, Arterialize. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Atomize

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-o-t-z"

-2 letters: azote, maize, matzo.

-3 letters: amie, atom, emit, iota, item, mate, maze, meat, meta, mite, moat, mote, omit, tame, team, time, toea, tome, zeta, zoea.

-4 letters: aim, ait, ami, ate, azo, eat, eta, mae, mat, met, moa, mot, oat, tae, tam, tao, tea, tie, toe, tom, zit, zoa.

-5 letters: ae, ai, am, at, em, et.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-o-t-z"
 

+1 letter: amortize, atomized, atomizer, atomizes, azotemia, azotemic, metazoic, monazite.

 

+2 letters: amazonite, amortized, amortizes, anatomize, aromatize, atomizers, azotemias, dogmatize, monazites.

 

+3 letters: amazonites, anatomized, anatomizes, aromatized, aromatizes, automatize, autotomize, axiomatize, dogmatized, dogmatizer, dogmatizes, metabolize.

 

+4 letters: achromatize, amortizable, automatized, automatizes, autotomized, autotomizes, axiomatized, axiomatizes, coenzymatic, democratize, dogmatizers, immortalize, itemization, metabolized, metabolizes, romanticize, temporalize, tetrazolium, unamortized, vasectomize.

 

+5 letters: achromatized, achromatizes, democratized, democratizer, democratizes, demonization, dimerization, embolization, emotionalize, feminization, immortalized, immortalizer, immortalizes, isoenzymatic, itemizations, melanization, memorization, metabolizing, monetization, nonenzymatic, racemization, romanticized, romanticizes, spermatozoid, temporalized, temporalizes, tetrazoliums, vasectomized, vasectomizes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Sounds
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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