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seizure

noun

1 seizure

A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease:
— He suffered an epileptic seizure.

synonyms: ictus, raptus.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Roget 925: undueness etc. adj.; malum prohibitum [Lat.]; impropriety; illegality etc. 964.    falseness etc. adj.; emptiness of title, invalidity of title; illegitimacy.    ... show more

2 seizure

The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property.

synonyms: capture, gaining control.

Roget 789: taking etc. v.; reception etc. (taking in) 296; deglutition etc. (taking food) 298; appropriation, prehension, prensation; ... show more

3 seizure

The act of taking of a person by force.

synonym: capture.

Polish: porwanie

4 seizure

The taking possession of something by legal process.

Dutch: arrest, beslag, beslaglegging, beslagname, inbeslagneming, saisie


Moby thesaurus: Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, abduction, abscess, access, accession, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, acute pain, adoption, affect epilepsy, ague, akinetic epilepsy, amok, anemia, ankylosis, annexation, anointing, anointment ... show more.

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