isolate

1. Place or set apart (synset 200495205)
   "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
   is a type of: discriminate, separate, single out - treat differently on the basis of sex or race
   subtypes:

   • segregate - separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
   • ghettoise, ghettoize - put in a ghetto
   • cloister - seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
   • seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw - keep away from others
   • quarantine - place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
   • maroon - leave stranded on a desert island without resources
   same as: insulate
2. Obtain in pure form (synset 200497851)
   "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"
   referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
   is a type of: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
   subtypes: preisolate - isolate beforehand
3. Set apart from others (synset 200496744)
   "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
   is a type of: disunite, divide, part, separate - force, take, or pull apart
   same as: keep apart, sequester, sequestrate, set apart
4. Separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them (synset 200657049)
   referred to in: psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life
   is a type of: assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out - arrange or order by classes or categories

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