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seizure

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of seizure

1 a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder

an epileptic seizure

Synonyms of seizure

access, attack, bout, case, fit, siege, spell, turn

Words Related to seizure

recurrence, relapse

brainstorm, convulsion, eclampsia, pang, paroxysm, spasm, throe

agitation, frenzy

breakdown, collapse, prostration

Near Antonyms of seizure

arrest, relief, remission

2 the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority

secret intrigues with the czar's ministers that culminated in the czarina's seizure of the throne

Synonyms of seizure

appropriation, arrogation, commandeering, detainer, expropriation, preemption, takeover, usurpation

Words Related to seizure

annexation, assumption, attachment, confiscation, grab, impoundment, repossession, sequestration

defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, theft

despoilment, looting, pillaging

encroachment, infringement, piracy

invasion, occupancy, occupation, preoccupancy, trespass

deforcement, disfurnishment, dispossession, ejection, stripping

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