isolate

noun

Something that has been isolated.

verb

(transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.

(transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.

(intransitive) To self-isolate.

(transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.

(transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.

(transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.

(transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.

adjective

(literary) isolated.

Roots

insulaisol- · Latin · island

Synonyms for isolate

insulatev sequesterv secludev segregatev ghettoizev enisle ostracizev separateadj disjoinv detachv disunitev alienatev dissociatev disengagev estrangev disconnectv excludev uncouplev

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