Sequestrate
verb
To take control of someone's property or assets legally until a debt has been paid.
The court sequestrated his property until the debt was cleared.
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- sequestrate assets
- sequestrate property
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Technical
verb
To isolate someone or something away from other people or things.
The researchers sequestrated the chemical agent for further study.
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- sequestrate oneself
- sequestrate test samples
verb
In biochemistry, to bind to a substance and prevent it from reacting with other substances.
Certain proteins can sequestrate heavy metals and neutralize their toxicity.
Often appears as...
- sequestrate toxins
- sequestrate proteins
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To take control of someone's property or assets legally until a debt has been paid.
The court sequestrated his property until the debt was cleared.
Often appears as...
- sequestrate assets
- sequestrate property
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To isolate someone or something away from other people or things.
The researchers sequestrated the chemical agent for further study.
Often appears as...
- sequestrate oneself
- sequestrate test samples
verb
In biochemistry, to bind to a substance and prevent it from reacting with other substances.
Certain proteins can sequestrate heavy metals and neutralize their toxicity.
Often appears as...
- sequestrate toxins
- sequestrate proteins
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Authority
Sequestrate involves legal power and is used when authorities take control.
The government may sequestrate assets linked to criminal activity.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Measure
The action is usually temporary, until a specific condition is met, like debt repayment.
Assets stay sequestrated until the court decides otherwise.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Theft
Though seizing assets, 'sequestrate' is legal and procedural, not criminal.
His car wasn't stolen; it was sequestrated by the bank.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Authority
Sequestrate involves legal power and is used when authorities take control.
The government may sequestrate assets linked to criminal activity.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Measure
The action is usually temporary, until a specific condition is met, like debt repayment.
Assets stay sequestrated until the court decides otherwise.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Theft
Though seizing assets, 'sequestrate' is legal and procedural, not criminal.
His car wasn't stolen; it was sequestrated by the bank.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Authority
Sequestrate involves legal power and is used when authorities take control.
The government may sequestrate assets linked to criminal activity.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Measure
The action is usually temporary, until a specific condition is met, like debt repayment.
Assets stay sequestrated until the court decides otherwise.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Theft
Though seizing assets, 'sequestrate' is legal and procedural, not criminal.
His car wasn't stolen; it was sequestrated by the bank.
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Steven Allison: Earth's...
The glue and the microbes form these biofilms that hold soil particles together. This helps the soil resist erosion and hold more water that's available for plants. Microbes and their biofilms also play a big role in soil carbon sequestration. Many forms of carbon from plants, like sugars, don't last long in the soil
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Michael Green: Why we...
If it burns in a forest fire, it's going to give that carbon back to the atmosphere as well. But if you take that wood and you put it into a building or into a piece of furniture or into that wooden toy, it actually has an amazing capacity to store the carbon and provide us with a sequestration.
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The invisible life...
And when they die, their glass houses sink to the depths of the oceans, taking carbon out of the air and with them to the grave, accounting for a significant amount of carbon sequestration in the oceans. We live on an alien planet. There is so much weird life here on Earth to study,
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How to create cleaner...
This mission is called carbon capture and sequestration, or CCS. And as if carbon dioxide were some evil genie we didn't want to escape, once it has been separated from coal, we've devised ways to banish it underground. We can do this by injecting it deep into the Earth,
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Greening of Pittsburgh PIPE...
claire stresses the importance of climate action for the next generation trees especially the the older much more mature trees we know play a very big role in carbon sequestration just pulling the carbon out of the air using even the root sinking you know carbon in so
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The Unexpected,...
and is now recognized as a protected area, not just because of the long life span of the clones but also because of the biodiversity it supports. But we also found that this meadow is also the champion of carbon sequestration in the biosphere,
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The Nature of Nature PIPE...
so on top of providing us with oxygen food carbon sequestration recreation and spiritual inspiration nature is also shielding us from disease and natural disasters my team and i have spent over a decade bringing this message to world leaders
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Elon Musk: A future...
Humanity will solve sustainable energy. It will happen if we, you know, continue to push hard, the future is bright and good from an energy standpoint. And then it will be possible to also use that energy to do carbon sequestration.
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A climate change...
is only increasing by about half of that, and that's because half of the carbon we keep releasing into the atmosphere is currently being taken up by land and the seas through a process we know as carbon sequestration.
Video examples
What type of world do we...
aware and concerned about and what seems obvious when you think about it that the oceans the ocean and all that it holds is actually the most effective carbon capture and sequestration or storage
Video examples
Steven Allison: Earth's...
The glue and the microbes form these biofilms that hold soil particles together. This helps the soil resist erosion and hold more water that's available for plants. Microbes and their biofilms also play a big role in soil carbon sequestration. Many forms of carbon from plants, like sugars, don't last long in the soil
Video examples
Michael Green: Why we...
If it burns in a forest fire, it's going to give that carbon back to the atmosphere as well. But if you take that wood and you put it into a building or into a piece of furniture or into that wooden toy, it actually has an amazing capacity to store the carbon and provide us with a sequestration.
Video examples
The invisible life...
And when they die, their glass houses sink to the depths of the oceans, taking carbon out of the air and with them to the grave, accounting for a significant amount of carbon sequestration in the oceans. We live on an alien planet. There is so much weird life here on Earth to study,
Video examples
How to create cleaner...
This mission is called carbon capture and sequestration, or CCS. And as if carbon dioxide were some evil genie we didn't want to escape, once it has been separated from coal, we've devised ways to banish it underground. We can do this by injecting it deep into the Earth,
Video examples
Greening of Pittsburgh PIPE...
claire stresses the importance of climate action for the next generation trees especially the the older much more mature trees we know play a very big role in carbon sequestration just pulling the carbon out of the air using even the root sinking you know carbon in so
Video examples
The Unexpected,...
and is now recognized as a protected area, not just because of the long life span of the clones but also because of the biodiversity it supports. But we also found that this meadow is also the champion of carbon sequestration in the biosphere,
Video examples
The Nature of Nature PIPE...
so on top of providing us with oxygen food carbon sequestration recreation and spiritual inspiration nature is also shielding us from disease and natural disasters my team and i have spent over a decade bringing this message to world leaders
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
Humanity will solve sustainable energy. It will happen if we, you know, continue to push hard, the future is bright and good from an energy standpoint. And then it will be possible to also use that energy to do carbon sequestration.
Video examples
A climate change...
is only increasing by about half of that, and that's because half of the carbon we keep releasing into the atmosphere is currently being taken up by land and the seas through a process we know as carbon sequestration.
Video examples
What type of world do we...
aware and concerned about and what seems obvious when you think about it that the oceans the ocean and all that it holds is actually the most effective carbon capture and sequestration or storage
Example 1 of 10
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Barry Gardiner
British Politician
Classical economics values things by seeing how much someone will pay for them. But this is where classical economics is wrong. What it fails to account for are all the 'externalities' - the services people regard as free goods: pollination services, flood protection, climate regulation, soil stabilization, carbon sequestration.
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Pete Gallego
American Politician
Sequestration will make it extremely challenging - and in many cases impossible - for employees to meet their mortgage payments, pay their healthcare expenses, plan for retirement, or help their children attend college. To be blunt, these families are at risk.
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Peter Roskam
American Politician
Not only will the development of coal-to-liquid and environmentally friendly sequestration technologies increase our energy security, but these advancements will also help create better, higher-paying American jobs.
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Sam Brownback
American Politician
I have been a long-term environmental advocate for the agriculture industry. I have particularly tried to push carbon farming or carbon sequestration.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
American Politician
We can reduce our deficit, and do it in a much more balanced way than sequestration, simply by fixing our tax code to get rid of needless giveaways.
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Sam Graves
American Politician
The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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Johnny Isakson
American Politician
Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine.
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Nelson Peltz
American Businessman
Sequestration, sequestation - however you pronounce that word - and gridlock aren't all that bad.
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Max Baucus
American Politician
Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.
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Lindsey Graham
American Politician
The intelligence community gets hurt through sequestration.
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Barry Gardiner
British Politician
Classical economics values things by seeing how much someone will pay for them. But this is where classical economics is wrong. What it fails to account for are all the 'externalities' - the services people regard as free goods: pollination services, flood protection, climate regulation, soil stabilization, carbon sequestration.
Quote examples
Pete Gallego
American Politician
Sequestration will make it extremely challenging - and in many cases impossible - for employees to meet their mortgage payments, pay their healthcare expenses, plan for retirement, or help their children attend college. To be blunt, these families are at risk.
Quote examples
Peter Roskam
American Politician
Not only will the development of coal-to-liquid and environmentally friendly sequestration technologies increase our energy security, but these advancements will also help create better, higher-paying American jobs.
Quote examples
Sam Brownback
American Politician
I have been a long-term environmental advocate for the agriculture industry. I have particularly tried to push carbon farming or carbon sequestration.
Quote examples
Sheldon Whitehouse
American Politician
We can reduce our deficit, and do it in a much more balanced way than sequestration, simply by fixing our tax code to get rid of needless giveaways.
Quote examples
Sam Graves
American Politician
The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
Quote examples
Johnny Isakson
American Politician
Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine.
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Nelson Peltz
American Businessman
Sequestration, sequestation - however you pronounce that word - and gridlock aren't all that bad.
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Max Baucus
American Politician
Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.
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Lindsey Graham
American Politician
The intelligence community gets hurt through sequestration.
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