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cut off
To end abruptly.
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  1. To end abruptly.
  2. (Idiomatic, drive) To swerve in front of (another car).
  3. Simple past tense and past participle of cut off.
solitary
(Zoology) Living alone or in pairs only:
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  1. (Zoology) Living alone or in pairs only:
  2. Single and set apart from others:
  3. Living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.
confine
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.
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  1. To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.
  2. To keep within bounds; restrict:
  3. To restrict in movement:
detach
To take apart from; to take off.
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  1. To take apart from; to take off.
  2. To remove from association or union with something:
  3. To send (troops or ships, for example) on a special mission.
seclude
To make private or hidden; screen
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  1. To make private or hidden; screen
  2. To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw from society or into solitude: as, to seclude oneself from the world.
  3. To keep away or apart from others; bar or shut off from the view of or relations with others; isolate
insulate
To cause to be in a detached or isolated position.
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  1. To cause to be in a detached or isolated position.
  2. To set apart; detach from the rest; isolate
  3. To separate or cover with a nonconducting material in order to prevent the passage or leakage of electricity, heat, sound, radioactive particles, etc.
seclude
To make private or hidden; screen
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  1. To make private or hidden; screen
  2. To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw from society or into solitude: as, to seclude oneself from the world.
  3. To keep away or apart from others; bar or shut off from the view of or relations with others; isolate
segregate
To separate from the main mass and collect together in a new body
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  1. To separate from the main mass and collect together in a new body
  2. To set apart from others or from the main mass or group; isolate; specif., to impose a system of segregation on (racial groups, social facilities, etc.)
  3. To separate from others; be segregated
separate
To withdraw or break away:
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  1. To withdraw or break away:
  2. To place in different groups; sort:
  3. To become divided into components or parts:
sequester
To isolate or keep apart from all others, as in sequestering certain funds or sequestering a jury. See also sequestration. To isolate or keep apart from all others, as in sequestering certain funds or sequestering a jury. See also sequestration.
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  1. To isolate or keep apart from all others, as in sequestering certain funds or sequestering a jury. See also sequestration. To isolate or keep apart from all others, as in sequestering certain funds or sequestering a jury. See also sequestration.
  2. To remove or isolate (a chemical, often a gas) from an environment by incorporation, mixing, or insertion under pressure:
  3. To set off or apart; separate; segregate; often, to segregate or isolate (the jury) during a trial
alone
Without anything further; with nothing more; only
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  1. Without anything further; with nothing more; only
  2. Being apart from others; solitary.
  3. Without equal or peer
apart
Separated; not together
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  1. Separated; not together
  2. Set apart; isolated. Used after a noun or in the predicate:
detached
Having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else.
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  1. Having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else.
  2. Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
  3. Standing apart from others; separate:
isolated
Far from others or difficult to get to; remote:
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  1. Far from others or difficult to get to; remote:
  2. Occasional or rare:
  3. Set apart; separate; solitary
lone
Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
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  1. Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
  2. Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
  3. By oneself; alone; solitary
removed
Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
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  1. Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
  2. Of a different generation, older or younger
  3. Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent:
Find another word for isolate. In this page you can discover 22 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for isolate, like: cut off, solitary, confine, detach, seclude, divide, quarantine, separate, close off, insulate and seclude.

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  • All she did was isolate the children and Alex.

  • Dean tried to isolate the sound, looking frantically in all downward directions, trying to see a trace, a telltale puff of smoke in the gathering dusk.

  • The metal is difficult to isolate, and until recently it may be doubted whether the pure metal had been obtained.

  • Priestley in 1772 was the first to isolate it in the gaseous condition, and Sir H.

  • It is impossible to isolate a child in the midst of society, so that he shall not be influenced by the beliefs of those with whom he associates.

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