isolate
verb
• cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.
• "a country which is isolated from the rest of the world"
Similar:
separate,
set apart,
segregate,
detach,
cut off,
keep apart,
cocoon,
insulate,
quarantine,
keep in solitude,
sequester,
cloister,
seclude,
divorce,
shut away,
alienate,
distance,
exclude,
keep out,
cordon off,
form a ring around,
put a cordon sanitaire around,
seal off,
close off,
fence off,
rope off,
screen off,
tape off,
curtain off,
shut off,
partition off,
• identify (something) and examine or deal with it separately.
• "his difficulty will be to isolate the factors which are most significant"
Similar:
identify,
single out,
pick out,
spot,
point out,
recognize,
pinpoint,
pin down,
put one's finger on,
discern,
distinguish,
discover,
find,
locate,
sort out,
filter out,
separate out,
weed out,
isolate
noun
• a person or thing that has been or become isolated.
• "social isolates often become careless of their own welfare"
• a culture of microorganisms isolated for study.
Origin:
early 19th century (as a verb): back-formation from isolated.
