Verb: isolate 'I-su,leyt
- Separate in order to protect or prevent interaction
"They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates";
- insulate
- Set apart from others
"The dentist isolates the tooth he is working on";
- sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart
- (chemistry) obtain in pure form
"The chemist managed to isolate the compound"
- (psychology) separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
"The therapist helped the patient isolate traumatic memories from their emotional impact"
Derived forms: isolated, isolates, isolating
Type of: acquire, assort, class, classify, discriminate, disunite, divide, get, part, separate, single out, sort, sort out
Encyclopedia: Isolate