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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clutch, prehend |
| Type of | get hold of, take |
| Has types | nail, cop, snatch up, catch, snatch, snap, get, pick up, grab, grapple, grip, arrest, apprehend, capture, take hold of, rack, nab, claw, clench, clinch, collar, clasp |
| Derivation | seizing |
The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter.
The mother seized her child by the arm.
Birds of prey often seize small mammals.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clutch, get hold of |
| Type of | overwhelm, overtake, overcome, whelm, overpower, sweep over |
Fear seized the prisoners.
The patient was seized with unbearable pains.
He was seized with a dreadful disease.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | hook |
Examples of seize
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The Horned Frogs will seize a 28-0 first-quarter lead if the Falcons start slow.
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New powers will be granted to allow authorities to seize assets from terrorists.
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Sweet Vienna and Munich malts seize the aroma, with a puff of alcohol following.
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Treachery rules the day as the Nohrin seek to seize control of peaceful Jhamora.
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Once they were in San Antonio, they could just have fun and seize the big stage.
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The plants of the forest floor must seize their moment before the canopy closes.
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He was constantly dragging me up on deck to seize the light, the sky, the ocean.
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I try to seize control of the enemy portal, but get knocked back, losing health.
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Run a lawnmower at a croc, see it launch itself right into the air to seize him.
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- Take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
- Take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"
- Appropriate: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
- Assume: seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
- Hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"
- Affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
- Seize are a British electronic band.
- (Seized) Seisin (also spelled seizin) is the possession of such an estate in land as was anciently thought worthy to be held by a free man. ...
- (Seizing) Seizings are a class of knots used to semi-permanently bind together two ropes, two parts of the same rope, or rope and another object.Clifford W. Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 540-543. ...
