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atomize, atomise [ˈætəˌmaɪz] vb
1. (Physics / Atomic Physics) to separate or be separated into free atoms 2. (Physics / General Physics) to reduce (a liquid or solid) to fine particles or spray or (of a liquid or solid) to be reduced in this way 3. (Military) (tr) to destroy by weapons, esp nuclear weapons atomization , atomisation n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Atomised (all works 2005), comprised a sixteen-foot-tall column of neatly folded white sweatshirts surrounded by slouchy white hoodie-and-Levi's males sitting around the room's perimeter. In the age of the global marketplace an increasingly atomised urban society consumes products and resources with little thought for their origin or future. It posits the existence of an affective channel of interaction that acts as a performative field of interpersonal exchange, one that gives normally atomised learners a venue in which they can leverage their agency and forge peer relationships. |
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