sequester

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.

   The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.

2. verb To separate in order to store.

   The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO2 emissions.

3. verb To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
4. verb To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.
5. verb To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
6. verb To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
7. verb To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.

   The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.

8. verb To seize and hold enemy property.

Similar words

sequestrate isolate seclude withdraw confiscate impound set apart seize attach keep apart

Often followed by

the carbon and himself themselves a them or it

Word family

sequestered sequestering sequesters