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Sequestrate

To sequester.

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Verb group 6

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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Retire 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Retire 84% connected

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

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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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 6

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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Separate 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

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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See also 2

Maintain 66% connected

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Maintain 66% connected

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

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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Sequester 92% connected

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 pos…

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

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.

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