Seizure Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Seizure? What is its meaning in the dictionary? How to pronounce? Derivations, Related sentences, Antonyms, Example sentences, Words starting with Seizure, Words ending with Seizure, Synonyms and more...

Seizure meaning

Word: Seizure

How to pronounce: ˈsiːʒə

Noun

Definitions:

1. The action of capturing someone or something using force.

Example sentences: "The seizure of the Assembly building"

2. A sudden attack of illness, especially a stroke or an epileptic fit.

Example sentences: "The patient had a seizure"


Synonyms:

confiscation

forfeiture

impressment

withdrawal

expropriation

appropriation

cramp

spasm

epileptic

convulsion

hijacking

takeover

entrapment

usurpation

siege

attack

bout

spell

fit

impoundment

requisitioning

detention

arrest

arresting

paroxysm

spasms

apoplectic stroke

capture


Derivations:

seized

seizing

seize


Seizure in Other Languages...

Spanish: Convulsiones

German: Anfall

French: Saisie

Italian: Sequestro

Turkish: Nöbet


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