adjective
not close together in time
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- isolated instances of rebellion
- a few stray crumbs
adjective
being or feeling set or kept apart from others
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- 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
adjective
marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
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- little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly
adjective
cut off or left behind
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- an isolated pawn
- several stranded fish in a tide pool
- travelers marooned by the blizzard
adjective
under forced isolation especially for health reasons
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- a quarantined animal
- isolated patients
adjective
remote and separate physically or socially
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- existed over the centuries as a world apart
- preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson
- tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization
- an obscure village
verb
place or set apart
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- They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates
verb
obtain in pure form
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- The chemist managed to isolate the compound
verb
set apart from others
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- The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
verb
separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
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