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separate
adjective as in disconnected
Strongest matches
Strong matches
abstracted, apportioned, detached, disassociated, disembodied, disjointed, distributed, disunited, divided, divorced, loose, marked, parted, partitioned, removed, scattered, severed, sundered
Weak matches
apart, asunder, cut apart, cut in two, discrete, distant, divergent, far between, in halves, put asunder, set apart, set asunder, unattached, unconnected
adjective as in alone, individual
verb as in remove something from group; keep or set apart
Strong matches
cleave, dichotomize, disentangle, disjoin, disjoint, dissect, dissever, distribute, intersect, part, rupture, sunder, uncouple, undo
Weak matches
break off, come apart, come away, come between, split up, uncombine
verb as in isolate, segregate
Strong matches
assign, classify, comb, compartment, compartmentalize, discriminate, distribute, group, interval, intervene, island, order, seclude, sequester, sift, sort, space, winnow
Weak matches
close off, draw apart, put on one side, rope off, single out, split up, stand between
verb as in part company in a romantic or other relationship
Strong matches
bifurcate, depart, detach, discontinue, disengage, disunify, disunite, diverge, drop, part, uncouple
Weak matches
break it off, break off, dedomicile, go away, go different ways, go separate ways, pull out, split up, take leave, unlink, untie the knot
Example Sentences
Before the pandemic, “office work” had never been separated from “an office” at scale.
Castro, a 41-year-old yoga teacher, disappeared on June 26 at the Paraguachon border crossing, which separates Venezuela from Colombia, where he lives.
After rare earths are mined, they must be separated and refined before they can be used to manufacture magnets.
"I want to thank the officers who have worked tirelessly today to enable both protests to be kept separate, but it is totally unacceptable that officers have been assaulted."
He tells clients that they need to separate trading performance from their view of their self-worth.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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