Synonyms for insulation
ˌɪn səˈleɪ ʃən, ˌɪns yə-in·su·la·tion

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1. insulation, insularity, insularism, detachmentnoun

   the state of being isolated or detached

   "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"

   Synonyms:
   separation, insulating material, detachment, disengagement, insularism, insulant, withdrawal, insularity, breakup

2. insulating material, insulant, insulationnoun

   a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity

   Synonyms:
   detachment, insularism, insularity, insulant, insulating material

3. insulationnoun

   the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity

   Synonyms:
   detachment, insularism, insularity, insulant, insulating material

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1. insulationnoun

   Synonyms:
   isolation, separation, disconnection, disengagement

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1. List of paraphrases for "insulation":

   isolation, insulating, insulator, isolating, confinement

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1. Jessica Bowman:

   There was significant damage to the building. A large area of the roof was blown out and interior walls were knocked down, as well as exterior damage. There's pieces of the roof and insulation on the ground, there is no life hazard. Crews are on the scene stabilizing the building.

2. Mathias Basner:

   Passive strategies, like new windows or insulation, can be very effective for nocturnal noise exposure, but should really be our last resort, noise that is not produced cannot have effects.

3. Robin Dawson:

   It's possible that dense feathers were primarily selected for insulation, as body size decreased in theropod dinosaurs on the evolutionary pathway to modern birds, feathers could have then later been co-opted for sexual display or flying.

4. Mathias Basner:

   Passive strategies, like new windows or insulation, can be very effective for nocturnal noise exposure, but should really be our last resort, noise that is not produced can not have effects.

5. Imke Luebbeke:

   That's a very ambitious target, but the implementation is lacking a good progress, and very contradictory policies are in place, just to give you one example, the building sector in United Kingdom is a real problem, yet just recently, the government scrapped its Green Homes scheme, a £ 1.5 billion( $ 2 billion) commitment to support home owners to improve the insulation in their homes, so this doesn't really make sense.