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sequester
/səˈkwɛs.tə/
noun
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.
verb
To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
"The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order."
To separate in order to store.
To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
Synonymssegregate
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