atomising
Reducing to droplets
Atomising is the British spelling of atomizing—reducing something to atoms or fine particles.
A nozzle atomises liquid into a mist; a bomb atomises a building.
Figuratively, to atomise is to fragment into isolated units: Social media has atomised public discourse.
The noun is atomiser (a spray device) or atomisation.
- atomizersMist-producing spray devices
- reducingMaking less or smaller
- nebulizingCreating fine spray
- vaporizingTransforming into gaseous state
- dispersingSpreading widely apart
misting · fragments · ceramics · aerosolizing · diffusing · shattering · spraying · dissolution · pulverizing · disassembly · science · nozzle · shredding · molecule · quantum · separation · particle · crumbling
atomisingaggregating
Collecting into a total
consolidating · coalescing · unifying · combining · fusing
atomisingunifying
Making disparate elements one
integrating · bringing together · bonding · connecting · cohering
atomisingsynthesising
Combining into unified whole
integrating · systematising · unifying · globalising · generalising
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