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"Sequestered" (adjective/verb) — pronounced /sɪˈkwɛstərd/ ("si-KWES-terd").
Meanings:
- Adjective: isolated, hidden, or set apart (e.g., "They stayed in a sequestered cabin in the woods").
- Verb (past of sequester): to isolate or remove someone/something from contact or outside influence (e.g., "The jury was sequestered during the trial").
- Legal/financial sense: to take legal possession of property until a dispute is resolved (e.g., "The assets were sequestered by the court").
- Scientific/environmental sense: to capture and store (often used of carbon: "carbon sequestered in forests and soils").
Synonyms: isolated, secluded, quarantined, segregated, confiscated (in legal sense).
Antonyms: exposed, public, included.
Meanings:
- Adjective: isolated, hidden, or set apart (e.g., "They stayed in a sequestered cabin in the woods").
- Verb (past of sequester): to isolate or remove someone/something from contact or outside influence (e.g., "The jury was sequestered during the trial").
- Legal/financial sense: to take legal possession of property until a dispute is resolved (e.g., "The assets were sequestered by the court").
- Scientific/environmental sense: to capture and store (often used of carbon: "carbon sequestered in forests and soils").
Synonyms: isolated, secluded, quarantined, segregated, confiscated (in legal sense).
Antonyms: exposed, public, included.
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