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Adjective sequestered has 2 senses
- cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered - providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
Antonym: public (indirect, via private)
- sequestered - kept separate and secluded; "a sequestered jury"
Antonym: integrated (indirect, via segregated)
Verb sequester has 5 senses
- sequester - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"
--1 is one way to take
Sample sentence:
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- impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize - 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"
--2 is one way to take
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- sequester - undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"
--3 is one way to change
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- seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
--4 is one way to isolate, insulate
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Somebody ----s somebody
- sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
--5 is one way to separate, disunite, divide, part
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