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snatch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of snatch

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly

  • the brazen seagull snatched the french fry right from my hand
Synonyms of snatch

bag, capture, catch, collar, cop [slang], corral, get, glom, grab, grapple, hook, land, nab, nail, net, nobble [British slang], rap, seize, snag, snap (up), snare, trap
Words Related to snatch

glove, halter, lasso, rope

apprehend, arrest, detain

bay, corner

clasp, clutch, fasten (on), fist, grasp, grip, hold, latch (on or onto), secure

rend, wrest

enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, entangle, entrap, mesh

abduct, kidnap, spirit (away or off)
Phrases Synonymous with snatch

take hold (of)
Near Antonyms of snatch

discharge, free, liberate, release

drop, loosen, unhand
Antonyms of snatch

miss

Synonym Discussion of snatch

take, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grab mean to get hold of by or as if by catching up with the hand. take is a general term applicable to any manner of getting something into one's possession or control.
    • take some salad from the bowl
seize implies a sudden and forcible movement in getting hold of something tangible or an apprehending of something fleeting or elusive when intangible.
    • seized the suspect
grasp stresses a laying hold so as to have firmly in possession.
    • grasp the handle and pull
clutch suggests avidity or anxiety in seizing or grasping and may imply less success in holding.
    • clutching her purse
snatch suggests more suddenness or quickness but less force than seize.
    • snatched a doughnut and ran
grab implies more roughness or rudeness than snatch.
    • grabbed roughly by the arm

snatch

noun , slang

Synonyms and Antonyms of snatch

the unlawful or forcible carrying away of a person or animal

  • to the police chief, it didn't look like a snatch, but another case of a bride-to-be getting cold feet
Synonyms of snatch

abduction, hijacking (also highjacking), kidnapping (also kidnaping), rape
Words Related to snatch

impressment, seizure, shanghaiing

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