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What is the verb for isolation?

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isolate
  1. (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
  2. (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
  3. (chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
  4. (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
  5. (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
  6. (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “If a pupil does not behave, isolate him from the rest of the pupils.”
      “As the branch was not judicially equivalent to a free-standing entity, it was inappropriate in the circumstances to isolate the branch from the rest of the corporation.”
      “Tarkin had used his new authority to put together this supersecret think-tank installation, where he could isolate the most brilliant scientists and theoreticians.”
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