sequester

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SEQUESTER

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

Synonyms cut off, insulate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester

Related Words quarantine; confine, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up), restrain, restrict; abstract, detach, disengage, remove; detain, hold, keep

Near Antonyms assimilate, associate, connect, join, link, unite; discharge, free, liberate, loose, release

Antonyms desegregate, integrate, reintegrate

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

Synonyms attach, expropriate, sequester

Related Words garnishee; appropriate, arrogate, preempt, usurp; commandeer, seize, take over

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

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