(~s, insulating, ~d)
1.
If a person or group is ~d from the rest of society or from outside influences, they are protected from them.
They wonder if their community is no longer ~d from big city problems...
Their wealth had ~d them from reality.
= shield
VERB: be V-ed from/against n, V n from/against n
insulation
They lived in happy insulation from brutal facts.
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2.
To ~ something such as a building means to protect it from cold or noise by covering it or surrounding it in a thick layer.
It will take almost 25 years to ~ the homes of the six million households that require this assistance...
Is there any way we can ~ our home from the noise?...
Are your hot and cold water pipes well ~d?
VERB: V n, V n from/against n, V-ed
3.
If a piece of equipment is ~d, it is covered with rubber or plastic to prevent electricity passing through it and giving the person using it an electric shock.
In order to make it safe, the element is electrically ~d.
VERB: be V-ed