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Sequester

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate.

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Verb group 14

Adjourn 84% connected

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Adjourn 84% connected

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Attach 84% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Attach 84% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Confiscate 84% connected

Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Confiscate 84% connected

Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

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Impound 84% connected

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Impound 84% connected

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Retire 84% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Retire 84% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Seize 84% connected

To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Seize 84% connected

To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

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Withdraw 84% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Withdraw 84% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 8

Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disunite 76% connected

To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Divide 76% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Insulate 76% connected

To make an island of.

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Isolate 76% connected

To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 5

Condemn 76% connected

To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Distrain 76% connected

To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Garnish 76% connected

To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

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Garnishee 76% connected

One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lose 76% connected

To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money fro…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 8

Attach 92% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Confiscate 92% connected

Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impound 92% connected

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Isolate 92% connected

To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Seclude 92% connected

To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Seize 92% connected

To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sequestrate 92% connected

To sequester.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Withdraw 92% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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