noun [seh-quest-er]

FULL DEFINITION

-separation, isolation

-the imposition of automatic government spending reductions in accordance with sequestration

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

transitive verb  [seh-quest-er]

FULL DEFINITION

-to set apart, segregate

-seclude, withdraw

or

-to seize especially by a writ of sequestration

-to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration

or

-to hold (as a metallic ion) in solution usually by inclusion in an appropriate coordination complex

SYNONYMS: cut off, insulate, seclude, segregate, separate, isolate

ANTONYMS: desegregate, integrate, reintegrate

⚜️

Examples:

-They sequestered the strange man in an unused room while the elders decided what to do with him.