seize | (verb) capture the attention or imagination of | Synonyms: grab |
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(verb) affect | Synonyms: clutch, get hold of |
(verb) take into your hands deliberately | Synonyms: clutch, prehend, take hold, take hold of |
(verb) take or capture by force | - |
(verb) hook by a pull on the line | Synonyms: strike |
(verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: appropriate, capture, conquer |
(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, confiscate, impound, sequester |
(verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: arrogate, assume, take over, usurp |
seizer | (noun) a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship | Synonyms: shanghaier |
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seizing | (noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | Synonyms: grasping, prehension, taking hold |
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(noun) small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together | - |
seizure | (noun) the taking possession of something by legal process | - |
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(noun) the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property | Synonyms: capture, gaining control |
(noun) the act of taking of a person by force | Synonyms: capture |
(noun) a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease | Synonyms: ictus, raptus |