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noun

ˈī-sə-lət How to pronounce isolate (audio)
Definition of isolatenext
as in hermit
a person who lives away from others interpersonal relationships are very stressful for him, so he lives as a virtual isolate

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isolate

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verb

ˈī-sə-ˌlāt How to pronounce isolate (audio)
as in to separate
to set or keep apart from others rescuers finally reached outlying villages that had been isolated by the massive earthquake

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isolate

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adjective

as in isolated

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Recent Examples of isolate
Noun
The tight cropping in the monochrome nudes isolates slopes, folds, shadowed recesses and curved planes that hover between landscape and abstraction. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 What happened to her, Umerova said, is part of a system Russia uses to unlawfully detain, isolate, torture and fabricate charges against civilians. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
Because his decision to conceal the incident with the bat isolates him from his wife. — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026 Since then, the country has become increasingly isolated even as the smaller Hugo Chavez International Airport in Cap-Haïtien emerged as the new international gateway amid the escalating gang violence in Port-au-Prince and neighboring cities. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for isolate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for isolate
  1. hermit
  2. separate
  3. isolated
  4. solitary
  5. segregate
  6. withdrawn
  7. remove
  8. insulated
Noun
  • In The Death of Robin Hood, Hugh Jackman plays the bandit of Nottingham, aged and retired to a hermit's life in the wilderness.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The hermit in me liked to stay home, the little vampire loved to step out.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of hermit
Verb
  • The leather chain separates from the meat chain early and runs through more hands, weakening the link between the tannery and the farm.
    — Maria Brozman, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The couple briefly separated in 2025 after the first season of the reality show had aired, but later reconciled.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of separate
Adjective
  • That could unlock more opportunities to deploy Digit 5 beyond the confines of isolated work cells within warehouses and factories, said Pras Velagapudi, chief technology officer at Agility, in a previous conversation with Ars.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Widespread rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches from slow-moving overnight storms were reported across parts of North Georgia, with over 8 inches in isolated spots.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of isolated
Noun
  • United regularly exploited Everton’s 4-1-4-1 system, sending runners down the side of Garner as the solitary No 6 and freeing Rashford in his mismatch up against Rohl.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The pair would work together again on his 1975 film Le Sauvage, co-starring Yves Montand as a man living a solitary on a Caribbean island who becomes entangled with a runaway bride.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of solitary
Verb
  • Courts so far have sided with California and Los Angeles County's arguments that the federal government's list is unreliable, and that creating a novel system to segregate ballots while voting is already underway is infeasible.
    — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The administration, for its part, said segregating the ballots was a modest request that would eventually allow legal votes to still be counted.
    — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of segregate
Adjective
  • The withdrawn application had requested approval to build a 166,000-square-foot warehouse on a parcel off Hill Road between State Highway 55 and North Horseshoe Bend Road, the Idaho Statesman previously reported.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In an era of ball-to-feet No 10s and withdrawn strikers, Welbeck stays high up the pitch, runs the channels and occupies defenders.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of withdrawn
Verb
  • Next coil targets full current With coil #17 removed, the magnet cold test facility will prepare for toroidal field coil #19, which was manufactured as a spare.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The Illinois State Board of Elections removed both from the ballot, finding them hundreds of valid signatures short.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of remove
Adjective
  • The team set out to develop a method for creating connection points along tiny insulated wires right where each accompanying microchip would need them.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Traditional Christmas string lights feature bulbs spaced along an insulated electrical cord.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026
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