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isolate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | insulate |
| Type of | discriminate, separate, single out |
| Has types | withdraw, cloister, ghettoise, ghettoize, maroon, quarantine, seclude, segregate, sequester, sequestrate |
| Derivation | isolable, isolation |
They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | keep apart, sequester, sequestrate, set apart |
| Type of | disunite, divide, part, separate |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | get, acquire |
| Has types | preisolate |
| Derivation | isolable |
The chemist managed to isolate the compound.
Examples of isolate
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They isolate various protein triggers found only on the surface of cancer cells.
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Viability depends to a large extent on formulation and choice of fungus isolate.
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Don't try to convince us that a playoff will definitively isolate the best team.
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Foran's laboratory has devised methods to extract and isolate mitochondrial DNA.
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Yet children may lack the sophistication to isolate why they are feeling afraid.
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This series at least tries to isolate a few examples and push to a nobler place.
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You cannot say you will engage China on some issues and isolate her over others.
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To isolate him from the rest of the class because he is unable to tie his shoes.
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You are worried that the program may isolate you but the opposite would be true.
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- Place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
- Obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"
- Sequester: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
- Separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
- (isolated) not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"
- (isolated) detached: being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"
- Isolate is the second full-length studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Circus Maximus. The album was released on October 24, 2007 in Japan, August, 2007 in Europe and September 4, 2007 in the US.
- The Application Isolation API (JSR 121) provides a specification for isolating and controlling Java application life cycles within a single Java Virtual Machine (JVM) or between multiple JVMs. ...
- Isolate - The Numa Years is a compilation album by Gary Numan. It was released in March 1992 on CD and cassette and contains tracks issued on his own Numa Records label during the years 1984-1986. ...
