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    i·so·late
    verb[ˈīsəˌlāt]
    isolate (verb) · isolates (third person present) · isolated (past tense) · isolated (past participle) · isolating (present participle)
    1. cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others:
      "a country that is isolated from the rest of the world"
      • place (a person or animal) in quarantine to prevent the spread of an infectious disease:
        "the best way to isolate sick fish is to set up a hospital tank"
      • remain apart from others for a period of time, especially in order to avoid catching or transmitting an infectious disease:
        "the governor urged residents to isolate to limit the spread of the virus"
    2. identify (something) and examine or deal with it separately:
      "his difficulty will be to isolate the factors which are most significant"
      • cut off the electrical or other connection to (something, especially a part of a supply network):
        "engineers isolated the gas supply to the house"
      • cut off the electrical or other connection to (something, especially a part of a supply network).
      • chemistry
        biology
        obtain or extract (a compound, microorganism, etc.) in a pure form:
        "the medical world would never come to grips with polio until it could isolate the virus which caused it"
    noun[ˈīsələt]
    isolate (noun) · isolates (plural noun)
    1. a person or thing that has been or become isolated:
      "social isolates often become careless of their own welfare"
    2. biology
      a culture of microorganisms isolated for study.
    Origin
    early 19th century (as a verb): back-formation from isolated.
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    verb
    1. cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others:
      separate
      set apart
      segregate
      detach
      cut off
      cocoon
      insulate
      quarantine
      sequester
      cloister
      seclude
      divorce
      shut away
      alienate
      distance
      exclude
      keep out
      seal off
      shut off
      keep apart
      keep in solitude
      cordon off
      form a ring around
      put a cordon sanitaire around
      close off
      fence off
      rope off
      screen off
      tape off
      curtain off
      partition off
      Opposite:
      integrate
    2. identify (something) and examine or deal with it separately:
      identify
      pick out
      spot
      point out
      recognize
      pinpoint
      pin down
      discern
      distinguish
      discover
      find
      locate
      sort out
      weed out
      single out
      put one's finger on
      filter out
      separate out
      Opposite:
      confuse
      noun
      1. a person or thing that has been or become isolated:
        loner
        solitary
        lone wolf
        introvert
        misanthrope
        solitudinarian
        solitaire
        solitarian
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