atomize
verb (used with object)
to reduce to atoms.
had atomized
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past perfectof atomize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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To illumine his Illuminations, Choreographer Ashton had atomized both Rimbaud's violent life and his poetry, put the pieces back together in a sequence of nine charade-like "danced pictures."
From Time Magazine Archive
