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

ADV

legally

VERB + SEPARATE

decide to

PREP

from
She is separated from her husband