isolate
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(verb) place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" |
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Synonyms: insulate |
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Related Words: cloister, discriminate, ghettoize, maroon, quarantine, seclude, separate, sequester, sequestrate, single out, withdraw |
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| 2. |
(verb) obtain in pure form, in chemistry or medicine |
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Related Words: acquire, get, preisolate |
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(verb) set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" |
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Synonyms: keep apart, sequester, sequestrate, set apart |
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Related Words: disunite, divide, part, separate |
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