aerosolize

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A form of aerosolise — To disperse a material, usually a solid or liquid, as an aerosol.

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aerosolise
OriginEnglish aerosol ← Middle English solucioun ← Old French solucion →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

verbaerosolize (third-person singular simple present aerosolizes, present participle aerosolizing, simple past and past participle aerosolized)

present singular third person aerosolizes · participle present aerosolizing · participle past aerosolized · past aerosolized

  1. USalternativeAlternative form of aerosolise.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdisperse as an aerosol

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aerosolise
Broader
scattersprinkledot

verbbecome dispersed as an aerosol

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aerosolise
Broader
dispersedissipatescatter
Also see
abateaerosoliseatomizecrippledesolatedestroydisperseeliminateeradicateextinguishextirpatefuckharrylay wastenukeobliterateraceravageravelrazeruinsubvertuproot

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  4. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  5. Ancient Greekἀέρος (aéros)
  6. Englishaero-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*s(w)é
  8. Latinse-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*luh₁éti
  11. Proto-Italic[Term?]
  12. Latinluō
  13. Latinsolvō
  14. Latinsolūtiō
  15. Latinsolūtiōnem
  16. Old Frenchsolucion
  17. Middle Englishsolucioun
  18. Englishsolution
  19. Englishsol
  20. Englishaerosol
  21. Englishaerosolize

From aerosol + -ize.

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APA

aerosolize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerosolize

MLA

“aerosolize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerosolize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aerosolize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerosolize.

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