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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sequesterverb

   Synonyms:
   SEQUESTRATE

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How to use sequester in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Stuart Roberts:

   Grazing cattle is the most sustainable way to use land for food production which is unsuitable for growing any other crop, by using our grasslands in this way we can sequester carbon at the same time as turning inedible grass into a highly nutritious protein which our growing population can enjoy.

3. James Fairhead:

   Relations of power in West Africa had been hiding the skills and wisdom of local farmers, scientists need to pay more attention and respect to existing practices, especially if these practices can boost food production and sequester carbon.

4. Democratic Mayor David Bowers:

   I'm reminded that President Franklin D. Roosevelt felt compelled to sequester Japanese foreign nationals after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and it appears that the threat of harm to America from ISIS now is just as real and serious as that from our enemies then.

5. 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.