separates

British  

/ ˈsɛpərɪts, ˈsɛprɪts /

plural noun

1. women's outer garments that only cover part of the body and so are worn in combination with others, usually unmatching; skirts, blouses, jackets, trousers, etc Compare coordinates

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Example Sentences

He seems much older than the three years that separates him from Parker and me.

From Literature

After Orion separates from the upper stage, it will conduct what is called a translunar injection—the engine firing that commits Orion to soaring out to the moon.

From The Wall Street Journal

The last time Geumseong saw his mother was in June 2019, on the banks of the Yalu River which separates China from North Korea.

From BBC

To produce oil there, the industry separates heavy oil, or bitumen, from the sands through an underground process that uses steam.

From Barron's

How she contends with her fear—and how that fear actually drives her to surf the biggest waves in the world—separates director Minna Dufton’s documentary from other competition movies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• break
• detach
• disconnect
• divide
• divorce
• sever
• split