ADV
- completely, totally
- carefully
- clearly
- These two branches of the science have now become clearly separated
- effectively
- easily, readily
- One cannot easily separate moral, social and political issues
- formally
- legally
- physically, spatially
- out
- A magnet separates out scrap iron from the rubbish
VERB + SEPARATE
- attempt to, try to
- be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to
- It was impossible to separate the rival fans
PREP
- from
- separating the boys from the girls
- into
- I separated the documents into two piles
PHRASES
- sharply separated
- The disciplines of science and engineering are not always sharply separated
- widely separated
- The two groups became widely separated
PREP
- from
- She is separated from her husband