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seizure
/ˈsi.ʒɚ/
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What does seizure mean?
noun
- The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
- The state of being seized or of having been taken.
- That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
More meanings (5)
noun
- A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
- A sudden attack or convulsion; the physical manifestation of the abnormal electrical discharges in the brain characteristic of epilepsy.
- An abnormal electrical discharge in the brain, as is typical of epilepsy.
- (obsolete) A retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
verb
- (informal) To experience an epileptic seizure.
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IPA pronunciation
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The action aimed at is compared to the seizure of a power station, by which a whole vast system can be paralyzed.
A sudden seizure of a different nature from any thing foreboded by her general state, had carried her off after a short struggle.
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Therefore, by contrast, the obtaining of goods by other methods than seizure comes to be accounted unworthy of man in his best estate.
The doctor, who was fetched that same night, bled him and said that the prince had had a seizure paralyzing his right side.
Three months before his seizure he had left home, and had been with several masters doing odd work, or wandering about the country begging.