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    isolate

    verb

    • 1. cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others: "a country which is isolated from the rest of the world" Similar separateset apartsegregatedetachOpposite integrate
    • 2. identify (something) and examine or deal with it separately: "his difficulty will be to isolate the factors which are most significant" Similar identifysingle outpick outspotOpposite confuse

    noun

    • 1. a person or thing that has been or become isolated: "social isolates often become careless of their own welfare"
    • 2. a culture of microorganisms isolated for study.

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