isolate

isolate is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.
2. transitive verb. To insulate. See Insulate.
3. transitive verb. To separate from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state.
4. verb. place or set apart

   "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"

   Synonyms: insulate

5. verb. set apart from others

   "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

   Synonyms: sequester, sequestrate

6. verb. obtain in pure form

   "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"

7. verb. separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

Synonyms

insulate, sequester, sequestrate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in isolate:

aeolist

Common word forms

isolated, isolates, isolating

Words from these letters

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