SEPARATE (FROM) Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

separate (from)

verb

Definition of separate (from)

as in to cut off

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cut off

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This is designed to cut off the oxygen supply – useful in kitchens, cars, camping and more.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
The organisms would have to have been either blown in by the wind or left over from a time when seawater was cut off from the ocean as water levels fell and the glacier moved into place over it at some point around two million years ago.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026

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