Dictionary Check: sequester
"sequester" is a valid word!
Scrabble
18
points
Words with Friends
19
points
Definition
verb
requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
Example:
"the estate was sequestered"
verb
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
Example:
"The FBI seized the drugs"
verb
undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
Example:
"The cations were sequestered"
verb
keep away from others
Example:
"He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
verb
set apart from others
Example:
"The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
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