English-Finnish translations for sequester

Definition of sequester

  • To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw
  • To separate in order to store
  • To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things
  • To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound
  • To cause to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive of one's estate, property, etc
  • is this also 'euphemisticor 'extended'? To remove automatically from a budget
  • To seize and hold enemy property
  • To renounce any concern with the estate of her husband
  • sequestration; separation
  • A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee
  • A sequestrum

Examples

  • The jury was sequestered from the press by the judges order.
  • The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO2 emissions.
  • The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.

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