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compartmentalize

[kuhm-pahrt-men-tl-ahyz, kom-pahrt-] / kəm pɑrtˈmɛn tlˌaɪz, ˌkɒm pɑrt- /
VERB
separate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
break up cut off insulate
STRONG
assign classify comb compartment discriminate distribute group interval intervene island order seclude sequester sift sort space winnow
WEAK
close off draw apart put on one side rope off single out split up stand between
Antonyms
STRONG
disorder disorganize keep mix up
WEAK
combine desegregate join marry mix unite

Example Sentences

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So I stopped trying to be my whole self everywhere, and gave myself permission to prioritize and compartmentalize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

When seismic events occur, part of the rational human response is to compartmentalize, even making light of the trauma.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025

Have you figured out how to compartmentalize what you do with System of a Down and Scars on Broadway?

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

I've always thought of myself as someone who can compartmentalize horror, in the sense that I just came back from Rafah in Egypt where I covered a evacuation flight of children wounded in Gaza.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2024

Did some try to block it all out, compartmentalize, imagine that it was only one more day?

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed