| verb | place or set apart “They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates” |
| verb | obtain in pure form “The chemist managed to isolate the compound” |
| verb | set apart from others “The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on” |
| verb | separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them |
| adjective | not close together in time “isolated instances of rebellion” |
| adjective | being or feeling set or kept apart from others; ; - Sherwood Anderson “she felt detached from the group” |
| adjective | marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; - Scientific Monthly “little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara” |
| adjective | cut off or left behind “an isolated pawn” |
| adjective | under forced isolation especially for health reasons “a quarantined animal” |
| adjective | remote and separate physically or socially; ; - W.H.Hudson “existed over the centuries as a world apart” |
| isolable | adjective | capable of being isolated or disjoined |
| isolation | noun | a state of separation between persons or groups |
| insulation | noun | the state of being isolated or detached |