adj. 25B6; adjective
his personal life was separate from his job : UNCONNECTED, unrelated, different, distinct, discrete; detached, divorced, disconnected, independent, autonomous.
the infirmary was separate from the school : SET APART, detached, disjoined; fenced off, cut off, segregated, isolated; free-standing, self-contained.
linked, attached.
25B6; verb
they separated two rioting mobs : SPLIT (UP), break up, part, pull apart, divide; poetic/literary sunder.
the connectors can be separated : DISCONNECT, detach, disengage, uncouple, unyoke, disunite, disjoin; split, divide, sever; disentangle.
the wall that separated the two estates : PARTITION, divide, come between, keep apart; bisect, intersect.
the south aisle was separated off : ISOLATE, partition off, section off; close off, shut off, cordon off, fence off, screen off.
they separated at the airport : PART (COMPANY), go their separate ways, split up; say goodbye; disperse, disband, scatter.
the road separated : FORK, divide, branch, bifurcate, diverge.
her parents separated : SPLIT UP, break up, part, be estranged, divorce.
separate fact from fiction : ISOLATE, set apart, segregate; distinguish, differentiate, dissociate; sort out, sift out, filter out, remove, weed out.
those who separate themselves from society : BREAK AWAY FROM, break with, secede from, withdraw from, leave, quit, dissociate oneself from, resign from, drop out of, repudiate, reject.
unite, join, link, meet, merge, marry.