Meanings

to shorten the distance (between)

leaving the front line

decline in attendance (shopping district, workplace, etc.)

racial segregation

free fatty acid

median (strip)

enforced isolation

withdrawal symptoms

leaving a ship

long-distance nature trail

discrete mathematics

(total) stopping distance

brake reaction distance

braking distance

long-distance artillery

decline in television viewing

separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic

(societal) shift away from owning cars

long-distance care

cream separator