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sei·zure
 seizure
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- pronunciation:
- si
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a sudden and violent disruption of usual brain activity, such as that which occurs in epilepsy, which affects the nervous system temporarily and renders the body out of control.
She had a seizure and injured herself as she fell to the floor.
- similar words:
- fit
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| definition 2: |
a taking, esp. of property, by legal force.
- similar words:
- levy, raid, take
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| definition 3: |
any act of seizing.
- similar words:
- capture, catch, clutch, grab, take
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| related words: |
apprehension, appropriation, arrest, grab, occupation, pluck, plunder |
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