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separative adjective uk /ˈsep.ər.ə.tɪv/ us /ˈsep.ɚ.ə.t̬ɪv/ relating to or causing separation: Many humans have a separative instinct during times of stress, wanting to run away from the problem. The armrest is a separative device to keep you and your seatmate comfortable. The plant forms a separative layer that keeps rot from spreading to the bark and killing the plant. The lack of workplace facilities gave the parents no alternative but separative childcare. They were sentenced to separative confinement in cells because of their behaviour. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Separateness and isolation in space apart apartheid atomistic atomized bitty divorced freely gappy give something/someone a wide berthidiom hermetically sealed private purdah resegregation secluded secludedly unattached uncombined unfused uninhabited untethered
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