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English verb: insulate | |||
| 1. | insulate (change) protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material | ||
| Samples | We had his bedroom insulated before winter came. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | soundproof, weatherstrip | ||
| 2. | insulate (change) place or set apart | ||
| Samples | They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates. | ||
| Synonyms | isolate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discriminate, separate, single out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cloister, ghettoise, ghettoize, maroon, quarantine, seclude, segregate, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw | ||
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