sequesters in English

verb

1

isolate or hide away (someone or something).

Tiberius was sequestered on an island

synonyms: isolate oneself, hide away, shut oneself away, seclude oneself, cut oneself off, segregate oneself, closet oneself, cloister oneself, withdraw, retire

2

take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met.

the power of courts to sequester the assets of unions

noun

1

a general cut in government spending.

if the budget deal hadn't gone through, there would have been a sequester of at least $100 billion

verb

isolate oneself, hide away, shut oneself away, seclude oneself, cut oneself off, segregate oneself, closet oneself, cloister oneself, withdraw, retire
confiscate, seize, sequestrate, take, appropriate, expropriate, impound, commandeer
isolate, keep apart, set apart, sequestrate
seclude, sequestrate, withdraw
attach, confiscate, seize, impound

Use "sequesters" in a sentence

1. The boreal forest sequesters more carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem.

2. He sequesters himself in a small working office, sleeves rolled up, tie off, reading mail, making overseas calls.

3. Claustral: Of or relating to a method of establishing a new colony, found in certain social insects, in which a queen (in ants) or a queen and king pair (in termites) sequesters itself in a small chamber and hatches the first generation of workers, nourishing them primarily on stored body fat.