isolate

isolate
i|so|late [ `aısə,leıt ] verb transitive *
1. ) to keep someone in a place away from other people:
isolate someone from something: Important witnesses are isolated from the media for their own safety.
a ) to keep a person or animal separate from others because they might have a disease that others could catch:
All the patients known to have been in contact with the virus were immediately isolated.
b ) to separate something such as an idea or a problem from others so that you can consider it by itself:
We need to isolate the cost of absenteeism to see how big the problem is.
c ) to separate a substance from others using a scientific process
2. ) to prevent a country or group from communicating with, doing business with, or getting support from other countries or groups:
The plan was to isolate the Bosnian Serbs until they agreed to the peace treaty.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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