sequestered
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Is sequestered a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. requisition forcibly, as of enemy propertyExamples: "the estate was sequestered"Synonyms: sequester
2. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authorityExamples: "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"Synonyms: attach, confiscate, impound, seize, sequester
3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ionExamples: "The cations were sequestered"Synonyms: sequester
4. keep away from othersExamples: "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"Synonyms: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
5. set apart from othersExamples: "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"Synonyms: isolate, keep apart, sequester, sequestrate, set apart
adjective satellite (English)
1. providing privacy or seclusionExamples: "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"Synonyms: cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered
2. kept separate and secludedExamples: "a sequestered jury"Synonyms: sequestered
Definition source: Wiktionary