Synonyms: sequester, sequestrate, set apart, isolate, keep apart
Definition: set apart from others
Usage: The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
Similar words: disunite, divide, part, separate
Definition: force, take, or pull apart
Usage: He separated the fighting children; Moses parted the Red Sea
Synonyms: withdraw, seclude, sequester, sequestrate
Definition: keep away from others
Usage: He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
Similar words: isolate, insulate
Definition: place or set apart
Usage: They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates
Synonyms: sequester
Definition: undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
Usage: The cations were sequestered
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: seize, sequester, attach, impound, confiscate
Definition: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
Usage: The FBI seized the drugs; The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment; The police confiscated the stolen artwork
Similar words: take
Definition: take into one's possession
Usage: We are taking an orphan from Romania; I'll take three salmon steaks
Synonyms: sequester
Definition: requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
Usage: the estate was sequestered
Similar words: take
Definition: take into one's possession
Usage: We are taking an orphan from Romania; I'll take three salmon steaks