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atomise

vb. (alternative spelling of atomize English)

WordNet
atomise

  1. v. spray very finely; "atomize perfume" [syn: atomize]

  2. strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" [syn: nuke, atomize, zap]

  3. break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air" [syn: atomize]

Usage examples of "atomise".

The wind was tearing great gouts of water off the wave-tops, driving the atomised spray at bullet speed against fo'c'sle and sides.

For a moment, the billowing fog on the fo'c'sle cleared, atomised by the intense heat and flash generated by the exploding cordite.

For after an atomic conflagration none of the world's libraries will be of any use and all the achievements that make us so proud will not be worth twopence, because they have disappeared, because they have been destroyed, because they have been atomised.