seizure

seizure is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. 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. noun. Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.
3. noun. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
4. noun. the taking possession of something by legal process
5. noun. the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

   Synonyms: capture

6. noun. the act of taking of a person by force

   Synonyms: capture

7. noun. a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

   "he suffered an epileptic seizure"

   Synonyms: ictus, raptus

Synonyms

capture, ictus, raptus

Common word forms

seizures

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