sequesters
Withdraws from circulation
Sequesters is the verb sequester in action—to isolate, set apart, or withdraw something from general access.
Courts sequester juries to shield them from outside influence: The judge sequesters the jury during high-profile trials.
In chemistry and biology, to sequester is to bind and remove a substance from circulation: Trees sequester carbon from the atmosphere.
The word also describes withdrawing oneself: She sequesters herself in her study to write.
Pulls out or removes
- retreatsBacks off or sanctuaries
- hidesConceals or animal skins
- secludesWithdraws into privacy
- removesTakes something out
cloisters · shelters · cocoons · separates · insulates · shields · confines · isolates
Legal decision-making body
- isolatesKeeps separate from others
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- trialJudicial examination of claims
jurors · verdict · witness · grand jury · separation · quarantine · chambers · judge
withdraws
Pulls out or removes
removes · cloisters · shelters · cocoons · separates · insulates · shields · confines · isolates · hermit
jury
Legal decision-making body
- isolatesKeeps separate from others
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
trial · jurors · verdict · witness · grand jury · separation · quarantine · chambers · judge · testimony
captures
Takes into custody
emissions · soil · forests · trees · biomass · peatlands · wetlands · oceans · sinks · greenhouse
assets
Owned items of value
cuts · automatic · federal · spending · appropriations · mandatory · withholds · freezes · confiscates · impounds
sequesterssurrenders
Ceases resistance formally
relinquishes · returns · releases · gives up · hands over
sequestersfrees
Removes from captivity
liberates · releases · integrates · emancipates · unleashes
- sequestered juryIsolated courtroom decision-makers