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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | isolated |
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i‧so‧late
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[transitive]1 to separate one person, group, or thing from other people or things : The town was isolated by the floods. The US has sought to isolate Cuba both economically and politically.
The town was isolated by the floods.The US has sought to isolate Cuba both economically and politically.2 if you isolate an idea, problem etc, you consider it separately from other things that are connected with it
isolate something from something It is impossible to isolate political responsibility from moral responsibility.
It is impossible to isolate political responsibility from moral responsibility.3 technical to separate a substance, disease etc from other substances so that it can be studied
isolate something from something The hepatitis B virus has been isolated from breast milk.
The hepatitis B virus has been isolated from breast milk.