Synonyms for sequester
sɪˈkwɛs tərse·quester

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1. sequesterverb

   Synonyms:
   segregate

2. sequesterverb

   To separate from all external influence.

   The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.

   Synonyms:
   segregate

3. sequesterverb

   To separate in order to store.

   The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO emissions.

   Synonyms:
   segregate

4. sequesterverb

   To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound

   Synonyms:
   segregate

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1. sequesterverb

   requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

   "the estate was sequestered"

   Synonyms:
   seize, keep apart, confiscate, isolate, impound, seclude, withdraw, set apart, sequestrate, attach

2. impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seizeverb

   take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

   "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

   Synonyms:
   clutch, get hold of, tie, set apart, arrogate, capture, withdraw, attach, prehend, seclude, isolate, impound, assume, pound, keep apart, conquer, usurp, bind, grab, sequestrate, confiscate, take over, seize, appropriate, bond

3. sequesterverb

   undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

   "The cations were sequestered"

   Synonyms:
   seize, keep apart, confiscate, isolate, impound, seclude, withdraw, set apart, sequestrate, attach

4. seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdrawverb

   keep away from others

   "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

   Synonyms:
   call in, swallow, attach, impound, seclude, crawfish out, keep apart, retire, crawfish, retreat, take, back away, confiscate, take back, set apart, back out, pull away, take out, unsay, bow out, draw back, seize, recede, recall, move back, call back, sequestrate, draw, draw off, take away, adjourn, disengage, withdraw, isolate, pull back, pull in one's horns, remove

5. sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolateverb

   set apart from others

   "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

   Synonyms:
   seize, keep apart, assign, confiscate, isolate, impound, seclude, withdraw, insulate, specify, set apart, sequestrate, attach

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Chemistry
   • Separate
   • Take

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1. sequesterverb

   Synonyms:
   SEQUESTRATE

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1. Lawrence Korb:

   He came into an almost impossible situation, he had a confirmation hearing that really weakened him and he inherited a budget that was impacted by a sequester.

2. Eli Dickerson:

   Another thing that trees do for us is sequester pollution, on top of living in an area that might flood more, living in an area that's hotter, living in an area that also has more particulate matter and worse air quality, all of this can be addressed by trees.

3. Barack Obama:

   I have repeatedly called on Congress to eliminate the sequester and make sure we are providing certainty to our military, this bill, instead, resorts to gimmicks that does not allow the Pentagon to do what it needs to do.

4. Dan Young:

   Males eat the stuff like candy, they then sequester it away in their bodies, and they then transfer it to females when they copulate.

5. Thomas Gray:

   Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.