sequester Sentence Examples
- The government sequestered funds to cover unexpected expenses.
- The company sequestered a portion of its earnings to invest in future growth.
- The jury was sequestered to prevent external influences during deliberations.
- The precious artifacts were sequestered in a secure vault for preservation.
- The patient's medical records were sequestered to protect their privacy.
- The secret documents were sequestered from the public to maintain national security.
- The judge sequestered the witness to ensure his testimony would be uninfluenced.
- The funds were sequestered pending the resolution of a legal dispute.
- The environmental activist was sequestered by authorities for trespassing on private property.
- The carbon dioxide was sequestered in underground geological formations to mitigate climate change.
sequester Meaning
sequester (v)
requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
keep away from others
set apart from others
sequester (v. t.)
To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate.
To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively.
sequester (v. i.)
To withdraw; to retire.
To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
sequester (n.)
Sequestration; separation.
A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee.
Same as Sequestrum.
Synonyms & Antonyms of sequester
FAQs About the word sequester
requisition forcibly, as of enemy property, take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority, undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound w
cut off,isolate, remove, segregate, separate, seclude, confine, keep,insulate, quarantine
join, join,integrate, integrate, connect, connect, desegregate, link, assimilate, assimilate
The government sequestered funds to cover unexpected expenses.
The company sequestered a portion of its earnings to invest in future growth.
The jury was sequestered to prevent external influences during deliberations.
The precious artifacts were sequestered in a secure vault for preservation.
