ETYM Latin abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw.
1. To remove a part from a whole.
2. To consider apart from a particular case or instance.
3. To consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically.
4. To give an abstract or summary of.

To uncouple.
To eliminate the interrelationship of; separate
Separate; disconnect one thing from another; uncouple the coupling of one circuit or part to another (Electronics); absorb the shock of an explosion; decrease airborne shockwaves from an explosion by detonating the explosion underground

1. To cause to become detached or separated; take off.
2. To come to be detached; SYN. come off, come away.
3. To military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, esp. for a special assignment.

1. To become disconnected or disjoint; SYN. disjoint.
2. To make disjoint; SYN. disjoint.

1. To perform a division; SYN. fraction.
2. To separate into parts or portions; SYN. split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up.

To separate by race or religion

1. To make a division or separation; SYN. divide.
2. To act as a barrier between; stand between:; SYN. divide.
3. To come apart; SYN. divide, part.
4. To divide into components or constituents
5. To discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; SYN. part, split up, split, break, break up.
6. To force, take, or pull apart; SYN. disunite, divide, part.
7. To go one's own away; move apart; SYN. part, split. + prikaži više

1. To cut off from a whole; SYN. lop.
2. To set or keep apart; SYN. break up.

ETYM Latin segregatus, p. p. of segregare to separate; pref. se- aside + grex, gregis, a flock or herd. Related to Gregarious.
1. Separated.
2. Separated from others of the same kind.