Synonyms of seizures

seizures

noun

plural of seizure

1

as in bouts

a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder

an epileptic seizure

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bouts
• attacks
• cases
• spells
• sieges
• pangs
• spasms
• convulsions
• accesses
• fits
• relapses
• turns
• recurrences
• agitations
• paroxysms
• breakdowns
• frenzies
• throes
• collapses
• eclampsias
• prostrations
• brainstorms

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• arrests
• reliefs
• remissions

2

as in takeovers

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 & Similar Words

• takeovers
• appropriations
• annexations
• usurpations
• invasions
• expropriations
• preemptions
• sequestrations
• occupancies
• confiscations
• arrogations
• misuses
• thefts
• occupations
• grabs
• assumptions
• repossessions
• infringements
• detainers
• piracies
• embezzlements
• impoundments
• defalcations
• encroachments
• peculations
• misapplications
• misappropriations
• attachments
• ejections
• dispossessions
• trespasses
• deforcements
• disfurnishments
• preoccupancies
• despoilments

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seizures

This comes amid a surge of violence and land seizures by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

An on-site doctor’s office draws Fatimah (Noha Foad), an undocumented, illiterate Muslim woman suffering from seizures. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Health organizations, including Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, say too much caffeine can cause significant side effects, including tremors, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, seizures and other complications. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Despite warnings and seizures by European food and health authorities, the product was still being sold online at the end of the study period. — Andrew Yockey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

In the 1980s, a flood of lawsuits alleged that the vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough caused severe seizures in children. — Joel Dodge, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026

Operation Blackout is the FBI’s global campaign to identify and dismantle foreign scam compounds through overseas raids, asset seizures and the disruption of web domains and infrastructure linked to scam networks. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

These seizures, in Fulton County and in Riverside, California, surely took the judges in those districts by surprise. — Justin Levitt, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026

In the decade of violent conflicts that followed, attacks on border towns and seizures of American property by revolutionaries and bandits prompted the United States to send two military expeditions into Mexico. — Robert B. Zoellick, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026