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

Infections like the flu and conditions including heat stroke and seizures can also cause it. — News Editor, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Parents across the country rely on CBD to treat their children’s epilepsy when conventional medications fail to stop their seizures. — Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026

Domoic acid is a neurotoxin that causes short-term memory loss, seizures, and even death in humans. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Lead poisoning can cause brain swelling, trouble breathing, weak muscles, dehydration, starvation, kidney and liver problems, or seizures, Young explains. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2026

Because of that, clinicians have to follow information from law-enforcement seizures, public-health alerts, and months-old fatality data rather than from tests at the bedside. — Dr. Shravani Durbhakula, Time, 1 Nov. 2026

Frimpong concluded that plaintiffs were likely to prove the practice violated the 4th Amendment’s protection against unreasonable seizures and the 5th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

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