1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants.
2. To lay waste to; to ruin; to ravage.
abandon · depopulate · desert · devastate · forsake · lay waste to · ravage · scourge · waste
1. To obtain in pure form, in chemistry or medicine.
2. To place or set apart; SYN. insulate.
insulate · keep apart · sequester · sequestrate · set apart