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English
Etymology
From cryo- + sequester.
Verb
cryosequester (third-person singular simple present cryosequesters, present participle cryosequestering, simple past and past participle cryosequestered)
- to reduce or prevent biological or chemical degradation of carbon compounds with low temperature
We could cryosequester the carbon in our garbage by throwing it in a glacial crevasse.
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