Synonyms for seizure
ˈsi ʒərseizure

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1. seizure, ictus, raptusnoun

   a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

   "he suffered an epileptic seizure"

   Synonyms:
   raptus, exaltation, ictus, ecstasy, rapture, gaining control, capture, transport

2. capture, gaining control, seizurenoun

   the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

   Synonyms:
   gaining control, capture, raptus, ictus

3. capture, seizurenoun

   the act of taking of a person by force

   Synonyms:
   gaining control, capture, raptus, ictus

4. seizurenoun

   the taking possession of something by legal process

   Synonyms:
   capture, raptus, gaining control, ictus

Matched Categories

1. • Appropriation
   • Attack
   • Felony

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1. seizurenoun

   Synonyms:
   taking, catching, griping, grasping, capture, appropriation

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1. seizurenoun

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, grasping, capture, confiscation, usurpation

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1. List of paraphrases for "seizure":

   confiscation, forfeiture, seizures, capture, seized, attachment, epileptic, seised, embargo, capturing, entry, convulsion, epilepsy, abduction, input, arrest, sequestration, uptake, foreclosure

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1. Randy Sowers:

   I was shocked that the government would even consider bringing criminal charges when I had done nothing wrong, the IRS agents who came to the farm told me that the judge who approved the seizure had given them the authority to take anything up to $243,455—the amount of cash deposited in the account over a period of eight months.

2. Mike Pompeo:

   Please remember that any payment to a terrorist or a terrorist regime gives money so that they can seize more of our people, even a small payment to a group in, say, Africa can facilitate the killing or seizure of tens or even hundreds of others, including Americans or foreign nationals in that region.

3. Jeremy Douglas for advice:

   In a sense the seizure confirmed what we and others had suspected and for the past few years : that pre-precursors are a playing a major role in the regional drug trade, organized crime are effectively working around controls on traditional precursors.

4. Rajen Mehta:

   He was asked to home quarantine. We kept him separately, then he suddenly had a seizure, and within five minutes he died.

5. Kimberly Smith:

   I ended up having a lot of seizures, and one seizure was like a stroke.