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101remove — v 1. take off, shed, cast off, throw off, drop, throw overboard, jettison; divest, strip, uncover, expose, lay open, bare; undress, unclothe, undrape, disrobe; disburden, disencumber; exfoliate, Pathol. desquamate, peel off, flake. 2. subtract,… …
102seclude — v 1. isolate, shut off, shut out, keep out, blackball; sequester, sequestrate, quarantine, zone, ghettoize; keep apart, separate, segregate, exclude; circumscribe, encircle, insulate, enisle, cordon off, rope off; maroon, exile, evict, cast out,… …
103seize — v 1. grasp, take hold of, grip, grab, clasp, handle, embrace. 2. understand, comprehend, absorb, digest; catch the idea, Inf. get the hang of, Sl. savvy; know, master, fathom, penetrate, cognize; discern, perceive, recognize. 3. steal, rob,… …
104snatch — v 1.Usu. snatch at grab at or for, make a grab at, grasp at or for, grope for, clutch at, catch at, claw at, reach for, pursue; grapple for, scramble for, wrestle for, fight over; handle, feel, pick at, play with. 2. grab, pluck, pull, whisk,… …
105sequester — UK [sɪˈkwestə(r)] / US [sɪˈkwestər] verb [transitive] Word forms sequester : present tense I/you/we/they sequester he/she/it sequesters present participle sequestering past tense sequestered past participle sequestered legal 1) to keep a group of …
106sequestration — See: sequestrate …
107commandeer — [v] seize, take over accroach, activate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, confiscate, conscript, draft, enslave, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, moonlight requisition*, preempt, requisition, sequester, sequestrate, snatch, take, usurp;… …
108confiscate — [v] steal; seize accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confisticate, expropriate, glom on to*, grab, hijack, impound, liberate, moonlight requisition*, possess oneself of, preempt, sequester, sequestrate, swipe, take, take… …
109fine — [adj1] excellent, masterly accomplished, aces*, admirable, attractive, beautiful, capital, choice, cool*, crack*, dandy*, elegant, enjoyable, exceptional, expensive, exquisite, fashionable, first class, first rate, first string, five star*, gilt… …
110sequester — v.t. set apart; seclude. ♦ sequestrate, v.t. confiscate; set apart income of estate to meet claims. ♦ sequestration, n. ♦ sequestrator, n …
