🔒sequester

Meaning

To isolate or hide away; to take possession of assets until a debt has been paid.

To isolate or hide away.

Example Sentences

The jury was sequestered during the high-profile trial.

The carbon captured by trees can be sequestered for years.

Synonyms

isolate, seclude, confiscate, separate, quarantine, segregate

Entry 1

isolate, seclude, confiscate, separate, quarantine

Entry 2

isolate, seclude, segregate

Antonyms

release, liberate, free, unite, join, integrate

Entry 1

release, liberate, free

Entry 2

unite, join, integrate

Collocations

sequester property, sequester assets, sequester oneself