Definition

1. Verb:
   • To isolate or set apart: To separate or remove something or someone from others, often for a specific purpose or reason.
   • To seize or confiscate by legal authority: To take temporary possession of property, often by court order or legal right, as security or due to a dispute.
   • To undergo chemical sequestration: To combine chemically with an ion to form a stable compound, often to remove it from a system.

Usage and Examples

• Verb (To isolate):
  • The judge ordered the jury to be sequestered during the high-profile trial.
  • To focus on her novel, she decided to sequester herself in a remote cabin.
• Verb (To seize legally):
  • The court can sequester assets during a bankruptcy proceeding.
  • Authorities sequestered the documents as evidence in the investigation.
• Verb (Chemical process):
  • Certain plants can sequester heavy metals from contaminated soil.
  • The goal is to sequester carbon dioxide to mitigate climate change.

Advanced Usage

• "to sequester oneself": To deliberately isolate oneself from others or from society.
  • The artist sequestered himself in his studio for months to complete the masterpiece.
• "sequestered assets": Property or funds taken into legal custody, often until a claim is resolved.
  • The sequestered funds were held in an escrow account pending the lawsuit's outcome.

Variants and Related Words

• Sequestered (adjective): Isolated, hidden away.
  • They found a beautiful, sequestered beach.
• Sequestering (noun/gerund): The act or process of sequestering.
  • The sequestering of the jury was necessary for a fair trial.
• Sequesterable (adjective): Capable of being sequestered.
  • The judge determined the property was sequesterable under the law.
• Sequesterment (noun): The state of being sequestered; isolation.
  • His long sequesterment from public life fueled rumors.

Synonyms

• Isolate: To set apart from others.
• Confiscate: To seize private property by authority, often as a penalty.
• Impound: To seize and take legal custody of something.
• Seclude: To keep away from others; to withdraw into solitude.

Related Phrases and Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Sequester" is not commonly used with particles to form phrasal verbs. Its meanings are typically expressed through the verb itself with prepositions like "from" or "in.") - Sequester from: To isolate or separate from a group or place. - The witness was sequestered from the other witnesses.

Related Idioms

(Note: There are no common idioms centered solely on the word "sequester." Its usage is typically direct and formal.)

Verb

1. set apart from others
   • The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
2. keep away from others
   • He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
   • The cations were sequestered
4. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
   • The FBI seized the drugs
   • The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
   • The police confiscated the stolen artwork
5. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
   • the estate was sequestered