seclude
Use Seclude in a sentence
verb (used with object), se·clud·ed, se·clud·ing.
1.
to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
2.
to isolate; shut off; keep apart: They secluded the garden from the rest of the property.
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seclude (sɪˈkluːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to remove from contact with others |
| 2. | to shut off or screen from view |
| [C15: from Latin sēclūdere to shut off, from sē- + claudere to imprison] | |
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Seclude
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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seclude
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Example sentences
Architects have to hide them or seclude them on campus away from patients and visitors.
It is secure and they have the ability to seclude or restrain.
His practice was to seclude the atmospheric air as much as possible.
The free zone must seclude the construction area from the restricted area.
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