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. Lynsday Meyer:

   The FDA has received numerous reports of harm associated with the use of weight loss products, including increased blood pressure, heart palpitations (a pounding or racing heart), stroke, seizure and death, when safety issues are suspected, FDA must investigate and, when warranted, take steps to have these products removed from the market.

2. Daleep Singh:

   Sanctions are not an end to themselves. They serve a higher purpose. And that purpose is to deter and prevent, they’re meant to prevent and deter a large-scale invasion of Ukraine that could involve the seizure of major cities, including Kyiv. They’re meant to prevent large-scale human suffering that could involve tens of thousands of casualties in a conflict.

3. Dimitrios Arkilo:

   The only thing worse than having to be in a hospital for a child with epilepsy is having to come back, that’s the number-one goal for Rachael: not having to be readmitted for a seizure.

4. The FDA:

   Failure to correct the violations promptly may result in legal action, including product seizure, injunction and/or criminal prosecution.

5. Mark McChesney:

   ... Within a matter of nine days he went from perfectly healthy to brain dead, all of a sudden he had a seizure and next thing you know, he's in the ER and he just never came out of it.