sequester
/sɪˈkwɛstər/
verb
- To isolate or hide someone or something away from others.
- After catching a cold, she sequestered herself in her room to avoid infecting her family.
- The scientist sequestered the rare plant in a special greenhouse for study.
- The jury was sequestered in a hotel during the trial.
- To take possession of property or assets, usually by legal authority, until a debt is paid or a dispute is resolved.
- The government sequestered the smuggled goods at the border.
- The court sequestered the company's bank accounts to pay its creditors.
- If you fail to pay the fine, the court may sequester your wages.
- To separate and store something, especially carbon dioxide, to prevent it from entering the atmosphere.
- Farmers can use certain soil practices to sequester more carbon.
- Forests help sequester carbon dioxide from the air.
- New technology aims to sequester carbon emissions from power plants.
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