Synonyms of atomizing

atomizing

verb

present participle of atomize

as in grinding

to reduce to fine particles

this medication for athlete's foot is atomized so that it can be sprayed on from an aerosol can

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grinding
• crushing
• pounding
• disintegrating
• beating
• pulverizing
• powdering
• comminuting
• milling
• crumbling
• braying
• smashing
• mulling
• fracturing
• grating
• fragmenting
• shattering
• breaking
• splintering
• crunching
• kibbling
• dashing
• micronizing
• busting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of atomizing

To accomplish this, Licklider proposed atomizing books into discrete blocks of information — exactly as Otlet had suggested more than half a century before, but now assisted by digital tools rather than index cards. — Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026

The mentality is just one example of how young people in China are reacting and adapting to a fast-changing and often atomizing urban society. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 Jan. 2026