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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | isolate, seclude |
| Synonyms: | cloister, close off, cut off, draw back, enisle, hide, insulate, island, secrete, segregate, separate, set apart, set off, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | bring out, make public, reveal, uncover |
| Main Entry: | commandeer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize, take over |
| Synonyms: | accroach, activate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, confiscate, conscript, draft, enslave, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, moonlight requisition, preempt, requisition, sequester, sequestrate, snatch, take, usurp |
| Main Entry: | confiscate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal; seize |
| Synonyms: | accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confisticate, expropriate, glom on to, grab, hijack, impound, liberate, moonlight requisition, possess oneself of, preempt, sequester, sequestrate, swipe, take, take over, usurp |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
| Main Entry: | cut off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent; interrupt |
| Synonyms: | block, break in, bring to end, catch, close off, disconnect, discontinue, halt, insulate, intercept, intersect, intervene, intrude, isolate, obstruct, renounce, segregate, separate, sequester, suspend |
| Antonyms: | allow, encourage, permit |
| Main Entry: | expropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize |
| Synonyms: | accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, deprive of property, dispossess, impound, preempt, requisition, sequester, take, take over |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, distribute, give |
| Main Entry: | insulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect; close off |
| Synonyms: | coat, cocoon, cushion, cut off, inlay, island, isolate, keep apart, line, seclude, separate, sequester, set apart, shield, tape, treat, wrap |
| Main Entry: | isolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut off, set apart |
| Synonyms: | abstract, block off, close off, confine, detach, disconnect, disengage, divide, divorce, insulate, island, keep apart, part, quarantine, remove, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester, sever, sunder |
| Antonyms: | include, incorporate, integrate, join, mingle |
| Main Entry: | preempt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take over in place of another |
| Synonyms: | accroach, acquire, annex, anticipate, appropriate, arrogate, assume, bump, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, obtain, seize, sequester, take, usurp |
| Main Entry: | quarantine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | isolate |
| Synonyms: | block off, close off, confine, cordon, detach, insulate, keep apart, remove, restrict, seal off, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester |
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