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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

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 one's authority

police found and sequestered several illegal weapons

Synonyms of sequester

attach, confiscate, expropriate

Words Related to sequester

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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