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Isolate

/ˈaɪsəleɪt/

To set apart from others or to separate one thing from another.

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Why weren't they isolated, exterminated?

"Without them isolating the troops, we'd have no chance.

The pieces weren't isolated.

Originates from the Latin word insulatus meaning made into an island from insula, meaning island. First recorded in the early 19th century.

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