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- cloister
- close off
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- segregate
- hide
- secrete
- separate
- withdraw
- cut off
- draw back
- enisle
- island
- set apart
- set off
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Used, hubcap-free tires are well known to sequester standing water—a perfect breeding ground for the next generation of mosquitos.
Chikungunya: The Mosquito-Borne Virus That Contorts Your Limbs | Kent Sepkowitz | March 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe statement was solely focused on spending levels under the omnibus and their increase over the sequester.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 and the sequester have cut discretionary spending across the board.
And the overall funding levels, while better than the sequester, are still awfully low.
Boehner, the Tea Party, and the Ryan Express | Michael Tomasky | December 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt provides $63 billion in sequester relief, which is partially offset by a $23 billion mix of spending cuts and “fees.”
Tea Party Republicans: The Biggest Sore Winners in Washington | Jamelle Bouie | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSome hoped to overthrow all law and order, that they might revel in the wealth they could then sequester.
If any proven guilt results you shall sequester the property of offenders, in order to assure the judgment.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 | Emma Helen BlairI have been sent to sequester myself in my see; I have been set to gnaw my fingers as they had been old bones thrown to a dog.
The Fifth Queen Crowned | Ford Madox FordAs surely as the wolf retires before cities, does the fairy sequester herself from the haunts of the licensed victualer.
An English Grammar | W. M. Baskervill and J. W. SewellAll that was necessary was to sequester the vessels and goods of merchants belonging to the nation at which it wished to strike.
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century | Clarence Henry Haring
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