sequester
- sense 1: requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"
- sequester
- sense 2: 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"
- impound attach sequester confiscate seize
- sense 3: Chemistry: undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"
- sequester
- sense 4: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
- seclude sequester sequestrate withdraw
- isolate insulate
- discriminate separate single_out
- distinguish separate differentiate secern secernate severalize severalise tell tell_apart
- sense 5: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
- sequester sequestrate keep_apart set_apart isolate
- separate disunite divide part