The viruses commandeer the internal machinery of their hosts.
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Commandeer
//kɒmənˈdɪə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "commandeer" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (32)
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8 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- мобилизирам verb (to force into military service)
- рекрутирам verb (to force into military service)
- секвестирам verb (to seize for military use)
Catalan
1 entries- requisar verb (to seize for military use)
French
2 entries- enrôler de force verb (to force into military service)
- réquisitionner verb (to seize for military use)
German
1 entries- requirieren verb (to seize for military use)
Italian
4 entries- arruolare verb (to force into military service)
- coscrivere verb (to force into military service)
- depredare verb (to take arbitrarily or by force)
- razziare verb (to take arbitrarily or by force)
Macedonian
4 entries- мобилизи́ра verb (to force into military service)
- регрути́ра verb (to force into military service)
- реквизи́ра verb (to seize for military use)
- реквири́ра verb (to seize for military use)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- rekvirere verb (to seize for military use)
- rekvirere verb (to take arbitrarily or by force)
Portuguese
1 entries- requisição administrativa verb (to seize for military use)
Russian
1 entries- реквизировать verb (to seize for military use)
Spanish
4 entries- arrebatar verb (to take arbitrarily or by force)
- reclutar verb (to force into military service)
- requisar verb (to seize for military use)
- usurpar verb (to take arbitrarily or by force)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
A man with a gun attempted to commandeer the bus.
Source: tatoeba (8438392)
"We're stuck taking the bus to school tomorrow, aren't we?" "...Yeah. Moperville South doesn't give bus service out here, so Ellen's commandeering my car."
Source: wiktionary
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