[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to reduce to atoms .", "to reduce to fine particles or spray.", "to destroy (a target) by bombing, especially with an atomic bomb atomic bomb.", "to split into smaller parts, sections, groups, factions, etc.:Principles of freedom and individual liberty encouraged the economic individualism that atomized the nation and destroyed social responsibility."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to split into smaller units; fragment:Critics say the group has atomized around several leaders."]}]