sequester

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

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

   absondern

   изолироватьizolirovatʹ

2. To separate in order to store.

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

   abscheiden

   секвестироватьsekvestirovatʹ, уре́затьurézatʹ

3. To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.

   set apart from others

4. To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.

   undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

5. To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.

   sequestrieren, beschlagnahmen und zwangsverwalten, unter Sequester stellen

   take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

6. To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.

   c. 1694, Robert South, sermon XXIV It was his tailor and his cook, his fine fashions and his French ragouts, which sequestered him.

7. (US, transitive)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. To seize and hold enemy property.

   requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

9. (intransitive)To withdraw; to retire.

10. (dated)To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

1. The jury was sequestered.

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2. "Nor yet proud Ilion nor her towers had stood; / in lowly vales sequestered they abode."

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3. Sequestered in a three-bedroom apartment, they are experiencing moderate symptoms so far: upset stomach, headaches, shortness of breath and dry coughs.

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