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sequester verb
Meaning : Requisition forcibly, as of enemy property.
Example :
The estate was sequestered.
Meaning : Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.
Example :
The FBI seized the drugs.
The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment.
The police confiscated the stolen artwork.
Synonyms : attach, confiscate, impound, seize
Meaning : Undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion.
Example :
The cations were sequestered.
Meaning : Keep away from others.
Example :
He sequestered himself in his study to write a book.
Synonyms : seclude, sequestrate, withdraw
Meaning : Set apart from others.
Example :
The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on.
Synonyms : isolate, keep apart, sequestrate, set apart
