sequester

sequester /si'kwestə/
  • động từ
    • để riêng ra, cô lập
      • to sequester oneself from the world: sống cô lập, sống ẩn dật
    • (pháp lý) tịch thu tạm thời (tài sản của người thiếu nợ)

 cách ly
 cách nhiệt
 loại bỏ
 tách ra

Xem thêm: impound, attach, confiscate, seize, seclude, sequestrate, withdraw, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate



sequester

Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

    the estate was sequestered

  • take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; impound, attach, confiscate, seize

    The FBI seized the drugs

    The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment

    The police confiscated the stolen artwork

  • undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

    The cations were sequestered

  • keep away from others; seclude, sequestrate, withdraw

    He sequestered himself in his study to write a book

  • set apart from others; sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate

    The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

sequesters|sequestered|sequestering
syn.: attach confiscate impound isolate keep apart seclude seize sequestrate set apart withdraw