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Type Words
Synonyms seizure
Type of felony
Has types snatch, abduction, kidnapping
Type Words
Synonyms appropriate, conquer, seize
Type of assume, arrogate, seize, take over, usurp
Has types carry


The militia captured the castle.
Type Words
Synonyms catch, get
Type of seize, clutch, prehend
Has types recapture, lasso, retake, rope
Type Words
Synonyms gaining control, seizure
Type of acquiring, getting
Has types pinch, taking into custody, subjugation, subjection, enslavement, conquest, conquering, collar, apprehension, catch, arrest, usurpation
Type Words
Synonyms catch
Type of acquire, get
Has types bag, batfowl, entrap, rat, run, ensnare, snare, track down, frog, hunt down, hunt, trammel, trap
Verb group catch
Derivation capturer
Type Words
Synonyms becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance
Type of appeal, attract
Has types hold, work


She captured all the men's hearts.
Type Words
Type of natural process, natural action, action, activity
Type Words
Type of activity, natural process, natural action, action
Type Words
Type of change, alter, modify


This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons.
The star captured a comet.
Type Words
Type of represent, interpret
Has types recapture


capture the essence of Spring.
capture an idea.
Type Words
Type of chess move
Has types en passant, exchange

Examples of capture

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University City beat Normandy 19-13 to capture the district title last Saturday.
From the stltoday.com
Large nets could be cast to capture the geese, but that would cost about $6,000.
From the tennessean.com
Cisterns near the roof capture rainwater, which is used to wash hands and tools.
From the washingtonpost.com
To capture the moment, he made a brilliant move in taking his mom to the Oscars.
From the forbes.com
There are robot-controlled cars, and all the traffic information it can capture.
From the forbes.com
British rock desperately needs a big new act to capture the popular imagination.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The townspeople hire one of the world's most famous hunters to capture the boar.
From the sacbee.com
I'm sure that only a few pause to ponder the potential of capture and execution.
From the stltoday.com
In order to capture a fish, you also need to know what it is doing in the world.
From the smh.com.au
More examples
  • Succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"
  • The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
  • A process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
  • Attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
  • Any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
  • Get: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
  • This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. Some of these have their own pages, like fork and pin. ...
  • Regulatory capture occurs when a state regulatory agency created to act in the public interest instead acts in favor of the commercial or special interests that dominate in the industry or sector it is charged with regulating. ...
  • Stream capture, river capture, or stream piracy is a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river drainage system or watershed is diverted from its own bed, and flows instead down the bed of a neighbouring stream. ...