SEIZURE
Definition:
- [noun] a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure"
Synonyms: ictus, raptus
- [noun] the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
Synonyms: capture, gaining control
- [noun] the act of taking of a person by force
Synonyms: capture
- [noun] the taking possession of something by legal process
Synonyms:
Related Words:
- convulsion
- focal seizure
- raptus hemorrhagicus
- usurpation
- apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
- conquest, conquering, subjection, subjugation
- enslavement
- abduction
- kidnapping, snatch
- confiscation, arrogation
- distress, distraint
- impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage
- impress, impressment
- recapture
