atomize

English

atom +‎ -ize

atomize (third-person singular simple present atomizes, present participle atomizing, simple past and past participle atomized)

(transitive) to separate or reduce into atoms
(transitive) to make into a fine spray
(transitive) to fragment, break into small pieces or concepts
- 1979, Gould, Stephen J., and Richard C. Lewontin. "The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 205: p. 585:
  An organism is then atomized into 'traits' and these traits are explained as structures optimally designed by natural selection for their functions.
(transitive) to bomb with nuclear weapons

to separate or reduce into atoms

to make into a fine spray

to fragment, break into small pieces or concepts

to bomb with nuclear weapons