You'll end up getting an electric shock if you don't insulate that wire.
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Insulate
//ˈɪnsʊleɪt//
Synonyms for "insulate" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
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Related words (26)
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1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
11 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- изолирам verb (to separate or detach)
- изолирам verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
- отделям verb (to separate or detach)
Catalan
4 entries- aïllar verb (to separate or detach)
- aïllar verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
- isolar verb (to separate or detach)
- isolar verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
Dutch
1 entries- isoleren verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
Esperanto
1 entries- izoli verb (to separate or detach)
Finnish
2 entries- eristää verb (to separate or detach)
- eristää verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
French
2 entries- isoler verb (to separate or detach)
- isoler verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
German
2 entries- isolieren verb (to separate or detach)
- isolieren verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
Hebrew
2 entries- בִּדֵּד verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
- בידד verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
Ido
1 entries- izolar verb (to separate or detach)
Japanese
4 entries- 切り離す verb (to separate or detach)
- 孤立させる verb (to separate or detach)
- 絶縁する verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
- 隔絶する verb (to separate or detach)
Māori
1 entries- ārai verb (to separate or detach)
Polish
2 entries- izolować verb (to separate or detach)
- izolować verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
Portuguese
3 entries- insular verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
- isolar verb (to separate or detach)
- isolar verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
Romanian
2 entries- izola verb (to separate or detach)
- izola verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
Russian
1 entries- изоли́ровать verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
Spanish
2 entries- aislar verb (to separate or detach)
- aislar verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
Swedish
2 entries- isolera verb (to separate or detach)
- isolera verb (to separate in order to prevent a transfer)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Today's spacesuits are pressurized, have an oxygen supply, protect the astronaut from micrometeoroid bombardment while spacewalking, and insulate the astronaut from the severe temperature changes experienced in space.
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Try to insulate yourself.
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“Large amounts of snow fall on the surface late in the summer and quickly insulate the water from the subfreezing air temperatures above, allowing the water to persist all year long,” said Rick Forster, lead author and professor of geography at the University of Utah.
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