atomize
verb (used with object)
to reduce to atoms.
atomized
Example Sentences
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In its most recent season, “60 Minutes” attracted an average of more than 9 million viewers External link per show, an anomaly in today’s atomized media environment.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Alexis de Tocqueville warned that without voluntary associations—churches, civic groups, local organizations—individuals would become atomized and government would fill the vacuum with what he called “soft despotism.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Social media, which has divided us even more, has atomized community so much that I think the pendulum has swung just about as far as it possibly can away from kin-based organizations.
From Salon ● May 26, 2025
Late night TV, which once had to be watched, well, late at night — it had a sort of circadian component — has been atomized into clips to watch when you like.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
Gaia had been separated from her source of power, charmed to sleep and then atomized in the combined explosion of Leo’s fire and Octavian’s man-made comet.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
