SEQUESTERS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

sequesters

verb

present tense third-person singular of sequester

as in separates

to set or keep apart from others sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious

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as in confiscates

to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority police found and sequestered several illegal weapons

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Recent Examples of sequesters Without those nutrients, there would be no rainforest, which produces a quarter of the world’s oxygen and sequesters carbon dioxide. —

Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026 According to the researchers, producing a single cubic meter of ESM sequesters more than 6 kilograms of CO2. —

Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025 Ultimately, this impedes the rate at which the ocean draws down and sequesters additional CO2 from the air. —

IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2024 Taking the algae out cleans the freshwater lakes and rivers, and the Bloom technology also sequesters the carbon dioxide in the algae into the foam so it doesn’t get released into the atmosphere, Lam said. —

Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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The most common way to enrich uranium is by spinning uranium gas in a centrifuge, where lighter U-235 separates from the heavier U-238.

— Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
This is the moment that separates a financial exit from an actual exit.

— Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026