ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsSsequester
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sequester
Meaning: to isolate someone or confiscate something
sequester in a sentence
How sequester is used in real sentences:
The judge decided to sequester the jury during the widely reported trial.
The authorities planned to sequester the disputed funds until ownership was settled.
“After residents learned that a planning committee could sequester dissenting speakers in a remote overflow room, suspicion hardened into accusations that council members were venal allies of developers.”
— from the passage The Bellwether Revision
Synonyms for sequester
Other words for sequester — isolate, segregate and confiscate — carry the same meaning.
- isolate
- segregate
- confiscate
Antonyms of sequester
Words that mean the opposite of sequester:
- release
- integrate
- return
Where it comes from
From Latin sequestrare, meaning 'to place in safekeeping.'
Memory hook
SEQUESTER sounds like 'seek a separate': sequester something by keeping it separate.