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sequester

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sequester

1 to set or keep apart from others

  • sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious
Synonyms of sequester

cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate
Words Related to sequester

quarantine

confine, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up), restrain, restrict

abstract, detach, disengage, remove

detain, hold, keep
Near Antonyms of sequester

assimilate, associate, connect, join, link, unite

discharge, free, liberate, loose, release
Antonyms of sequester

desegregate, integrate, reintegrate

2 to take ownership or control of (something) by right of oneʼs authority

  • police found and sequestered several illegal weapons
Synonyms of sequester

attach, confiscate, expropriate
Words Related to sequester

garnishee

appropriate, arrogate, preempt, usurp

commandeer, seize, take over
Near Antonyms of sequester

cede, deliver, forfeit, give up, hand over, release, relinquish, render, surrender, turn over, yield

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