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Synonyms for seizing
ˈsi zɪŋ
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Princeton's WordNet
seizing(noun)
small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together
Synonyms:
prehension, grasping, taking holdgrasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension(noun)
the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
Synonyms:
prehension, grasping, taking hold
Editors Contribution
co-opt
to appropriate for one's own purpose
Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "seizing":
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#18031 | seize | |
#32165 | grasping | |
#37001 | seizing | |
#119317 | confiscating | |
#237676 | prehension |
How to use seizing in a sentence?
Seizing the power of now is what will help you propel your life to where you need to be."
It's a tool that we introduced as part of our -- the accelerated operations to conduct raids of various kinds, seizing places and people, freeing hostages and prisoners of ISIL, and making it such that ISIL has to fear that anywhere, anytime, it may be struck.
Mujahideen fighters ... stormed the Kenyan base in the early hours of Friday morning, killing more than 100 Kenyan invaders, seizing their weapons and military vehicles and even capturing Kenyan soldiers alive.
They were seizing for salaries and policing for profit, police departments saw (asset forfeiture) as a new stream of revenue and my predecessors have abdicated their responsibility because the executive branch raised and spent money without legislative oversight.
Any person or company doing business in Cuba should heed this announcement, implementing Title III in full means a chance at justice for Cuban Americans who have long sought relief from Fidel Castro and Fidel Castro lackeys seizing property without compensation.
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