Definitions for seizureˈsi ʒər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sei•zureˈsi ʒər(n.)

  1. an act or instance of seizing.

  2. the state of being seized.

  3. a taking possession of an item, property, or person legally or by force.

    Category: Law

  4. a sudden attack, as of epilepsy.

    Category: Pathology

Origin of seizure:

1475–85

Princeton's WordNet

  1. seizure, ictus, raptus(noun)

    a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

    "he suffered an epileptic seizure"

  2. capture, gaining control, seizure(noun)

    the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

  3. capture, seizure(noun)

    the act of taking of a person by force

  4. seizure(noun)

    the taking possession of something by legal process

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. seizure(noun)ˈsi ʒər

    the act or time when officials take sth from sb

    the seizure of stolen goods by police

  2. seizureˈsi ʒər

    a sudden shaking of the body caused by illness; = fit

    a seizure caused by a brain tumor

Wiktionary

  1. seizure(Noun)

    The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

    The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.

  2. seizure(Noun)

    A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).

    He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epilectic seizure occurred.

  3. seizure(Noun)

    A sudden onset of pain or emotion.

    He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Seizure(noun)

    the act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

  2. Seizure(noun)

    retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership

  3. Seizure(noun)

    that which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed


Translations for seizure

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

seizure(noun)

the act of seizing

seizure of property.

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