isolate

Definition of isolate

Verbs

place or set apart

"They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"

Synonyms:: insulate

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; segregate
separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; ghettoise, ghettoize
put in a ghetto; cloister
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
keep away from others; quarantine
place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; maroon
leave stranded on a desert island without resources

Type of:: discriminate, separate, single out
treat differently on the basis of sex or race

obtain in pure form

"The chemist managed to isolate the compound"

Types:: preisolate
isolate beforehand

Type of:: acquire, get
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

set apart from others

Synonyms:: keep apart, sequester, sequestrate, set apart

Type of:: disunite, divide, part, separate
force, take, or pull apart

separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

Type of:: assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out
arrange or order by classes or categories

Vocabulary Lists for isolate

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squire
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stockade
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ignominy
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saccharine
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douse
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root canal
scorekeeper
Islamic Republic of Iran
work shift
take office

Hale
German ivy
matt
sleigh
flats

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extremism
time frame
security force
open-ended

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septic

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genus Accipiter

Words that contain isolate

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