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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
Distance is a huge part of the Ashes romance - cricket's oldest rivals separated by 10,000 miles; half the world away, the ultimate sporting pilgrimage.
"That caused us to separate and it shouldn't have," Eubank Jr said.
Deka says it’s difficult to separate medication effects from underlying illness, and people may be struggling because their condition isn’t controlled, not because the drug causes violence.
A separate "Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator" was announced, aiming to "fast-track deep reductions in methane" in 30 developing countries by 2030.
Her appeal also posed a separate question she had not raised before in her long legal fight.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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