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seizing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | small stuff |
Examples of seizing
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Guileless folk just aren't very good at winning, seizing or holding on to power.
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Seizing the opportunity, the Bulls pushed the tempo and got off to a fast start.
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Further, he said, the aggressive actions of a seizing patient aren't volitional.
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Some pastors are seizing on Sundays to remind members of their responsibilities.
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Area rugs are seizing the day when it comes to dialing up personality in a room.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Gap Inc. is seizing the Internet and technology to inform customers about deals.
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But seizing copies of the Economist is unfair censorship and unacceptable to me.
From the economist.com
The Venezuelan president raised the possibility of seizing control of the bank.
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Foreign bank lending and investment in the Brazilian stock markets is seizing up.
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- Small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together
- Grasping: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
- (seize) 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"
- (seize) take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"
- (seize) 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"
- 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. ...
- (Seize (band)) 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. ...
