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Verb: compartmentalize  kóm-paa(r)t'ment(-u)-lIz
  1. Separate into isolated compartments or categories
    "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"
    - compartmentalise [Brit], cut up

Derived forms: compartmentalizes, compartmentalizing, compartmentalized

See also: compartment, compartmental, compartmentalization

Type of: disunite, divide, part, separate

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