ALL meanings of sequester
se·ques·ter
S s - verb with object sequester to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude. 1
- verb with object sequester to remove or separate; banish; exile. 1
- verb with object sequester to keep apart from others; segregate or isolate: The jury was sequestered until a verdict was reached. 1
- verb with object sequester Law. to remove (property) temporarily from the possession of the owner; seize and hold, as the property and income of a debtor, until legal claims are satisfied. 1
- verb with object sequester International Law. to requisition, hold, and control (enemy property). 1
- verb with object sequester to trap (a chemical in the atmosphere or environment) and isolate it in a natural or artificial storage area: There are processes to sequester carbon from a power plant's exhaust gases. Plants can sequester toxins and store them in their tissues. 1
- noun sequester an act or instance of sequestering; separation; isolation. 1
- noun sequester sequestration (def 7): domestic programs starved for cash by the federal sequester. 1
- verb sequester Sequester means the same as sequestrate. 0
- verb sequester If someone is sequestered somewhere, they are isolated from other people. 0
- verb sequester to remove or separate 0
- verb sequester to retire into seclusion 0
- verb sequester to take (property) temporarily out of the possession of its owner, esp until the claims of creditors are satisfied or a court order is complied with 0
- verb sequester to requisition or appropriate (enemy property) 0
- verb transitive sequester to set off or apart; separate; segregate; often, to segregate or isolate (the jury) during a trial 0
- verb transitive sequester to take and hold (property) by judicial authority, for safekeeping or as security, until a legal dispute is resolved 0
- verb transitive sequester to take over; confiscate; seize, esp. by authority 0
- verb transitive sequester to withdraw; seclude 0