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insulate
[ in-suh-leyt, ins-yuh- ]
verb (used with object)
- to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- to place in an isolated situation or condition; segregate.
insulate
/ ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪt /
verb
- to prevent or reduce the transmission of electricity, heat, or sound to or from (a body, device, or region) by surrounding with a nonconducting material
- to isolate or detach
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Other Words From
- non·insu·lating adjective
- pre·insu·late verb (used with object) preinsulated preinsulating
- re·insu·late verb (used with object) reinsulated reinsulating
- super·insu·lated adjective
- un·insu·lated adjective
- well-insu·lated adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of insulate1
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Example Sentences
The perils of a heroin addiction for a user who is without the means to "insulate" themselves from disease and crime are many.
The infrastructure at the Times, which might have helped insulate it, is gone.
With Watergate closing in, Nixon fired Haldeman and Ehrlichman in a fruitless effort to insulate himself.
We insulate ourselves from such natural volatility at our own peril.
Both candidates push the zombie notion that an energy-independent U.S. can insulate itself from global disruptions.
Insulate the winding from the core and the different layers from each other with a good quality of thin writing paper.
This was a matter of vital importance to him, and this man seemed able to insulate himself against either threat or suggestion.
No, Hollister reflected, he could not insulate himself and Doris against this environment, against these people.
It is the atheist alone who would insulate the kingdoms of the earth from the kingdom of heaven.
The plates are then built up so as to connect the sheets which require to be connected, and to insulate the other set.
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