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Insulate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Insulate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material

"We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"

2

place or set apart

"They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"

3

To separate, detach, or isolate.

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Rhyming Words
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