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to insulate

to insulate

27 6.0
Keep someone apart from others to protect them from harm or criticism
  • verb
  • /ˈɪnsəˌleɪt/
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  • They're also a way to insulate yourself from market risk.
  • insulated from pressure
  • insulated from competition
  • insulated from political

Twitch is very insulated as a platform.

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Examples

  • Pay off debt, save money and insulate your job.

  • Furthermore, urban life tends to insulate children from the natural environment.

    Academic text (1994)

  • And So what the cell has done is to insulate itself.

  • And I love specifically that it does nothing to insulate you from the act of driving.

  • And insulating them from making mistakes is not doing them a favor.

  • How can educational institutions best prepare and insulate themselves from changes in technology without becoming stagnant in their educational practices?

    Academic text (2015)

  • And their attempts to insulate themselves from price volatility will have global reverberations.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Marine mammals are the only animals that have a similar tendency to insulate themselves with layers of adipose tissue.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Because of the Court's discretion to limit and control its docket, it can insulate itself from caseload pressures in the lower courts.

    Academic text (2017)

  • To insulate your home effectively, make sure to seal any gaps and use high-quality materials.

Synonyms

to protect
vsto insulate
∞ 1.0

To keep someone or something safe from harm

adds separation to keep threats and bad influences away
to isolate
vsto insulate
256 4.2

To keep someone or something apart from others

protects by placing apart from others or negative influences
to shield
vsto insulate
146 2.7

To protect someone or something from harm

uses separation from influences or sources to achieve that protection
to shield from
vsto insulate
56 3.3

To protect people or things from harm

relies on distance and isolation to prevent harm rather than mere covering
to safeguard
vsto insulate
45 3.7

To protect someone or something from harm

does safety by keeping threats apart rather than only preventing harm
to keep apart
vsto insulate
41 3.2

To stop people or objects from touching and mixing

protects by creating physical or social distance rather than general guarding
to shield against
vsto insulate
3 3.8

To protect a person or thing from harm

uses separation from causes rather than only direct covering or defence
to seclude
vsto insulate
2 6.7

To keep somebody away from other people

protects by removing contact and exposure rather than broad protection

Antonyms

to expose
479 3.2

Put someone in a situation where they can be harmed by something

to integrate
179 4.1

To join things or ideas so they form one whole

How Isolated

to cut off
620 3.8
to isolate
256 4.2
to insulate
27 6.0
to shield
146 2.7

Surface Forms

insulate infinitive
insulated past
insulated past participle
insulating present participle
insulates third person singular

Morphology

insulate = insul + ate

The sense 'to protect by separating from others or negative influences' is an extended, metaphorical use of the idea of creating a barrier and is somewhat inferable but less directly obvious than the physical insulation sense.

Etymology

Insulate comes from the Latin root insula meaning 'island' and is like the word isolate. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine making someone into a small 'island' to keep them away from bad influences or outside problems, which is why to insulate can mean to protect by keeping apart.