seizure - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the taking possession of something by legal process

Synonyms

• seizure

More generic

• appropriation

More specific

• arrogation
• confiscation
• distraint
• distress
• impounding
• impoundment
• impress
• impressment
• internment
• poundage
• recapture

Noun

the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

Synonyms

• capture
• gaining control
• seizure

More generic

• acquiring
• getting

More specific

• apprehension
• arrest
• catch
• collar
• conquering
• conquest
• enslavement
• pinch
• subjection
• subjugation
• taking into custody
• usurpation

Noun

the act of taking of a person by force

Synonyms

• capture
• seizure

More generic

• felony

More specific

• abduction
• kidnapping
• snatch

Noun

a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

Synonyms

• ictus
• raptus
• seizure

More generic

• attack

More specific

• absence
• absence seizure
• convulsion
• focal seizure
• raptus hemorrhagicus

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