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Definition: Atomize |
AtomizeVerb1. 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. |
| Domain | Definition |
Personal Care & Hotels | Reduce to very fine spray. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AtomizeSynonyms: atomise (v), nuke (v), zap (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Atomize |
| English words defined with "atomize": Nebulize. (references) |
| Play | Caption |
| 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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
atomize | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 pulverizar (comminute, crush, levigate, meal, mill, powder, pulverize, talcum, vapor, vaporize, vapour). (various references) atomiza, pulveriza (comminute, grind, jet, levigate, powder, pulverize, spray, sprinkle). (various references) распылять (airbrushed, airbrushing, fritter away, pulverize, spray, volatilize). (various references) atomizovati, atomizirati. (various references) atomizar (spray). (various references) smula sönder (crumb, pick to pieces), finfördela till små droppar (spray), finfördela (grind, levigate, pulverize), förvandla till atomer, förstofta (spray). (various references) atomlara ayırmak, atom bombası atmak, püskürtmek (beat off, belch, dash, pulverization, pulverize, repel, repulse, spout, spray, spray on, squirt, vaporize, vomit). (various references) розбризкувати, піддавати атомному удару, подрібнювати (beetle, grain, granulate, grind up, mill, parcel). (various references) atomeiddio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | |
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"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). | |
| 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) |
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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