isolate

(noun, verb)

noun

1. Something that has been isolated.

verb

1. place or set apart

- They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates

Similar word(s): insulate

Definition categories: change, discriminate, separate

2. obtain in pure form

- The chemist managed to isolate the compound

Definition categories: change, acquire, get

3. set apart from others

Similar word(s): sequester, sequestrate

Definition categories: change, disunite, divide, part, separate

4. separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

Definition categories: cognition, assort, class, classify, separate, sort