sequester
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
the estate was sequestered
Types & categories
- take hypernym
Related & opposite
- impound verb group
Sense 2 verb
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
The FBI seized the drugs
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- seizure derivation
- confiscation derivation
- impoundment derivation
- requisition derivation
- attachment derivation
- sequester verb group
Sense 3 verb
undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
The cations were sequestered
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- sequestration derivation
- chemistry domain topic
Sense 4 verb
keep away from others
He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
Types & categories
- isolate hypernym
Related & opposite
- withdrawal derivation
- seclusion derivation
- sequestration derivation
- withdrawer derivation
- adjourn verb group
Sense 5 verb
set apart from others
The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
Types & categories
- separate hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | impound |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | seizure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | confiscation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | impoundment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | requisition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attachment |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | sequester |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | condemn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | garnish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | distrain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sequestration |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | withdrawal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | seclusion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sequestration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | withdrawer |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | adjourn |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | isolate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | separate |