Used in a Sentence

atomize

How to use atomize in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for atomize.

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If ST gets funding cuts, their CVs atomize and blow away with the wind. They get to teach basic physics for kids meeting core requirements and polish mirrors in someone else's lab.

Examples23
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

spray very finely; "atomize perfume"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of atomize gathered in one view.

verb

spray very finely; "atomize perfume"

verb

strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy"

verb

break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for atomize.

verb

spray very finely; "atomize perfume"

verb

strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy"

verb

break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air"

Example sentences

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If ST gets funding cuts, their CVs atomize and blow away with the wind. They get to teach basic physics for kids meeting core requirements and polish mirrors in someone else's lab.

2

I have a similar setup but use these cheap fog makers to atomize the water that I push around with a fan. It's cheap, and very effective even for a larger space.

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I assume it vaporizes because some small flow turbulence gets strong enough to atomize it once it reaches enough speed.

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I reckon they'll atomize and a lot of the ill effects will be blunted enough to make it just a background hum danger of living in society. Like car crashes and obesity.

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The book really drops off when the chapters atomize into non-fiction and lose the story. But I was not going to miss one word of what happened to the Pequod or the friendship between Ishmael and Queequeg.

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You can likely write a test that executes the behavior without having to atomize it. Assess the amount of production and test code you are writing.

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Obviously there can still be major flaws in this method, chief among them being that the method tends to atomize the team's contributions. But that's not a horrible first pass, and still can yield some interesting insights.

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Don't atomize everything into tiny functions though, there's a huge middle ground. No book gets everything right, but I recommend The Pragmatic Programmer for this sort of thing.

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The same way strategic nuclear weapons atomize plenty of civilian infrastructure. Sure, in that kind of event, an org might be more concerned with flat out survival.

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People really do atomize their conversations there. And often avoid chatting from fear of stepping on someone's disinterested toes, or going even slightly off topic.

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There is no material you can use to test this paradox, and there can be no such material because your device would atomize - or worse - in the attempt. Effectively there are g-forces so high that you end up with subatomic particles.

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Even trying to estimate what resources humanity will have available in 2300 is sort of silly; we'll either be able to leisurely atomize it, or will helplessly stare at it from our campfires. Theres' not a lot in-between IMO.

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Personally, I see Kickstarter's ability to atomize risk as a good thing, especially when it can drive down the cost of capital while checking its more extortionate tendencies. I've never met a "panhandler" who can do that.

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If bricked means unfixable, even with expert attention and unlimited replacements, then bricking is a meaningless term that only applies if you, like, atomize the device. Otherwise...

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> The system we have created around real estate and home ownership is optimized to erode culture and atomize community. We like to pretend that this is somehow inevitable, the will of the market, but we need to own it - this is the world we have built for ourselves.

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The system we have created around real estate and home ownership is optimized to erode culture and atomize community. We like to pretend that this is somehow inevitable, the will of the market, but we need to own it - this is the world we have built for ourselves.

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If there's anything else worth knowing in the document, they probably want to atomize it into multiple articles to stimulate pageviews. Thirdly, if you have the document, and the document is short, the journalist likely contributes no value to the system.

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Not to mention discords also has weird subchannels like "movies" or other specific subject, inviting people to atomize their conversations, conversations that already exists elsewhere. The actual worst thing about discord, is that you cannot have a list of favorite channels.

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The virus particles leaving an infected person will generally be inside droplets large enough to be caught by a mask before they get a chance to evaporate and atomize. Meanwhile, the virus encountered by an uninfected person nearby will naturally be either in smaller droplets or in airborne form.

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Music will continue to niche down and atomize until there are taste-makers, distribution channels, and a healthy community of artists for every possible genre and sub-genre. My "conversion rate," so to speak, will be much higher on sites like these than it would be in giant competitive marketplaces like the one linked above.

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That is, giving these people a forum where they can freely associate, normalize their behavior, and find sympathetic friends, might make them a greater threat that if we just did everything we could to marginalize these assholes and atomize their communities/roach dens wherever and whenever we found them. I really do emphasize the might here - I don't have an answer.

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The point was to instill terror for its own sake, and to politically paralyze individuals, or "atomize," people into inaction. The randomness and absurdity of the system was by design, as the arbitrary nature of it had the effect of creating uncertainty and paranoia in every individual relationship.

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If asbestos and lead are any indication I'm sure joe blow in 20yr will be writing long Reddit and HN rants about how <insert carcinogenic air freshener chemical you shouldn't atomize in an enclosed space> is nothing but pure evil and the CEOs of <insert company> should be lined up and shot for using it in <insert industrial application where there are so many more poisonous contaminants about that a little lead in your bearing surfaces or asbestos in your insulating materials doesn't make the environment any more hazardous>.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use atomize in a sentence?

If ST gets funding cuts, their CVs atomize and blow away with the wind. They get to teach basic physics for kids meeting core requirements and polish mirrors in someone else's lab.

What does atomize mean?

spray very finely; "atomize perfume"

What part of speech is atomize?

atomize is commonly used as verb.