seizure
Meaning of seizure
noun
- The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.
- A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.
- A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.
- That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
- Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
Information about seizure
- It is a name.
- The plural form of seizure is: seizures.
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Hyphenation of seizure
seizure
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- seizure is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
seizure synonyms
Meaning ictus:
Meaning capture:
Translation of seizure
- French: saisie, confiscation
- German: Beschlagnahme
- Spanish: embargo, confiscación, incautación
- Italian: sequestro, confisca
- Portuguese: confiscação
Words that rhyme with seizure
azure, embrazure, razure, antiseizure, disseizure, nonseizure, pseudoseizure, reseizure, subseizure
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