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compartmentalize

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com·part·men·tal·ize  (kmpärt-mntl-z, km-pärt-)
tr.v. com·part·men·tal·ized, com·part·men·tal·iz·ing, com·part·men·tal·iz·es
To separate into distinct parts, categories, or compartments: "You learn . . . even the ability to compartmentalize ethics" (Ellen Goodman).
compart·mental·i·zation (--zshn) n.
compartmentalize or -ise
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[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised to put into categories or sections
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Verb1.compartmentalize - separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"
compartmentalise, cut up
disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"


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