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sei·zure

(sē′zhər)

1. The act or an instance of seizing or the condition of being seized.

2. A sudden attack, spasm, or convulsion, as in epilepsy or another disorder.

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seizure

(ˈsiːʒə)

1. the act or an instance of seizing or the state of being seized

2. (Pathology) pathol a sudden manifestation or recurrence of a disease, such as an epileptic convulsion

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sei•zure

(ˈsi ʒər)

n.

1. an act or instance of seizing.

2. the state of being seized.

3. a taking possession of an item, property, or person legally or by force.

4. a sudden attack, as of epilepsy.

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Noun	1.	seizure - a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" ictus, raptus attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" convulsion - violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles focal seizure - transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity raptus hemorrhagicus - seizure caused by a sudden profuse hemorrhage absence seizure, absence - the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
	2.	seizure - the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property capture, gaining control acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving" usurpation - wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation" arrest, taking into custody, apprehension, pinch, collar, catch - the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" conquering, conquest, subjection, subjugation - the act of conquering enslavement - the act of making slaves of your captives
	3.	seizure - the act of taking of a person by force capture felony - a serious crime (such as murder or arson) abduction - the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife kidnapping, snatch - (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
	4.	seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process appropriation - a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest" arrogation, confiscation - seizure by the government distraint, distress - the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien" impounding, impoundment, internment, poundage - placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law impress, impressment - the act of coercing someone into government service recapture - a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount

seizure

noun

1. attack, fit, spasm, convulsion, paroxysm I was prescribed drugs to control seizures.

2. taking, grabbing, annexation, confiscation, commandeering the seizure of territory through force

3. capture, arrest, apprehension, abduction a mass seizure of hostages

4. confiscation, taking away, appropriation, commandeering, sequestration one of the biggest seizures of heroin ever

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

seizure

noun

1. The act of catching, especially a sudden taking and holding:

catch, clutch, grab, snatch.

2. The act of taking something for oneself:

appropriation, arrogation, assumption, preemption, usurpation.

3. A seizing and holding by law:

apprehension, arrest.

Slang: bust, collar, pickup, pinch.

4. The act of taking quick and forcible possession of:

confiscation, expropriation.

5. A sudden and often acute manifestation of a disease:

access, attack, fit.

Informal: spell.

Translations

إستيلاء، حَجْز، قَبْض عَلىنَوْبَةٌ مَرَضِيَّة

uchvácenízáchvat

beslaglæggelsekonfiskeringslagtilfælde

Anfall Beschlagnahme

αιφνίδια κρίση

apresamiento ataque captura confiscación embargo

tautikohtaus

attaque saisie apoplexie

napad

lefoglalás

aîför

sequestro attacco colpo confisca

発作

발작

uchvátenie

zaplemba

konfiskering

การเป็นลมชักอย่างปัจจุบันทันด่วน

el koymahaciz nöbet

cơn co giật

发作夺取查获

seizure

[ˈsiːʒəʳ] N

1. [of goods] → embargo m, incautación f; [of person] → secuestro m; [of land, city, ship] → toma f

2. (Med) → ataque m
to have a seizure → sufrir un ataque

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

seizure

[ˈsiːʒə^r] n

(MEDICINE) → crise f

(LAW) → saisie f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

seizure

(= confiscation) → Beschlagnahmung f; (of passport) → Einzug m; (of ship) → Beschlagnahme f; (by pirates) → Kapern nt; (= capture) → Einnahme f; (of train, building) → Besetzung f

(Med) → Anfall m; (= apoplexy) → Schlaganfall m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

seizure

[ˈsiːʒəʳ] n

a. (of goods) → sequestro, confisca; (of land, city, ship) → presa

b. (Med) → attacco

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seize

(siːz) verb

1. to take or grasp suddenly, especially by force. She seized the gun from him; He seized her by the arm; He seized the opportunity of leaving.

2. to take, especially by force or by law. The police seized the stolen property.

ˈseizure (-ʒə) noun

the act of seizing. seizure of property.

seize on

to accept with enthusiasm. I suggested a cycling holiday, and he seized on the idea.

seize up

(of machinery etc) to get stuck and stop working. The car seized up yesterday.

seize is spelt with -ei- (not -ie-).

seizure

→ نَوْبَةٌ مَرَضِيَّة záchvat slagtilfælde Anfall αιφνίδια κρίση ataque, confiscación tautikohtaus attaque napad attacco 発作 발작 aanval beslag atak ataque repentino приступ konfiskering การเป็นลมชักอย่างปัจจุบันทันด่วน nöbet cơn co giật 发作

sei·zure

n. ataque repentino, acceso;

___ activity → actividad convulsiva.

seizure

n crisis (epiléptica), convulsión f, ataque (epiléptico); absence — crisis de ausencia; complex partial — crisis parcial compleja; febrile — convulsión febril; focal — (ant) crisis parcial; generalized — crisis generalizada; gran mal — (ant) crisis or convulsión tónico-clónica; partial — crisis parcial; petit mal — (ant) crisis de ausencia; psychomotor o temporal lobe — (ant) crisis parcial compleja; tonicclonic — crisis or convulsión tónicoclónica

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Thus, in the Lynceus of Theodectes, the Complication consists of the incidents presupposed in the drama, the seizure of the child, and then again * * extends from the accusation of murder to the end.

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At dinner the talk turned on the latest political news: Napoleon's seizure of the Duke of Oldenburg's territory, and the Russian Note, hostile to Napoleon, which had been sent to all the European courts.

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Don Quixote observed it, and approaching them said, "I know very well what this seizure arises from."

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And when those defendants were remonstrated with, their captain snapped his fingers in the plaintiffs' teeth, and assured them that by way of doxology to the deed he had done, he would now retain their line, harpoons, and boat, which had remained attached to the whale at the time of the seizure. Wherefore the plaintiffs now sued for the recovery of the value of their whale, line, harpoons, and boat.

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discovered by Matthiae at Moscow, describes the seizure of Persephone by Hades, the grief of Demeter, her stay at Eleusis, and her vengeance on gods and men by causing famine.

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Lawrence is of the opinion that my mother died from heart seizure."

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A sudden seizure of a different nature from any thing foreboded by her general state, had carried her off after a short struggle.

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It is to be observed, that these ambassadors spoke to me, by an interpreter, the languages of both empires differing as much from each other as any two in Europe, and each nation priding itself upon the antiquity, beauty, and energy of their own tongue, with an avowed contempt for that of their neighbour; yet our emperor, standing upon the advantage he had got by the seizure of their fleet, obliged them to deliver their credentials, and make their speech, in the Lilliputian tongue.

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And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour.

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"Answer: The same motives which led him to resist the seizure of the Diary, and to give his evidence in the prisoner's favor at the Trial, induced him to preserve the letter until the verdict was known.

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When I had concluded my narration I said, "This is the being whom I accuse and for whose seizure and punishment I call upon you to exert your whole power.

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Jennings had determined very early in the seizure that Marianne would never get over it, and Colonel Brandon, who was chiefly of use in listening to Mrs.