Seizure

//ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "seizure" (307 found)

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Closest matches (62)

Noun(1 words)
capture

Strong matches (92)

chillsclampclaspclenchclinchclingclingingclonic spasmclonusclutchcoliccollaringcommandeeringconfiscationconsecrationconstipationconvulsioncoronationcortical epilepsycoughing
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coupcrampcrampscrickcursive epilepsycyanosiscyclonedarting paindeath gripdelegationdeputationdiarrheadiurnal epilepsydizzinessdragnetdropsydysenterydyspepsiadyspneaeclampsiaedemaelectionemaciationembraceempowermentencroachmentepilepsiaepilepsia graviorepilepsia majorepilepsia minorepilepsia mitiorepilepsia nutansepilepsia tardaepilepsyepitasiseruptionexplosionfaintingfallfalling sicknessfatiguefeverfibrillationfirm holdfitflare upflare-upfluxfocal epilepsyfootholdfootingforcible seizurefrenzyfulgurant painfurorfurygalegirdle paingnawinggrabgrabbinggrand malgrapplegraspgripgripegripinggrowthgusthaulhaute mal
Noun(1 words)
gaining control

Related words (153)

hemorrhagehigh blood pressurehitchholdhughurricanehydropshypertensionhypotensionhysterical epilepsyicterusictusimpoundingindigestioninflammationinfringementinsomniainvasioniron gripirruption
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itchingjacksonian epilepsyjaundicejumping painkidnappingkinklabored breathinglancinating painlarval epilepsylaryngeal epilepsylaryngospasmlatent epilepsylegitimate successionlockjawlootlow blood pressurelumbagomarasmusmatutinal epilepsymenstrual epilepsymurderous insanitymusicogenic epilepsymyoclonous epilepsynabbingnasal dischargenauseanecrosisnettingnipnocturnal epilepsyocclusionoccupationorgasmoutbreakoutburstpainpangparalysisparoxysmpassionpetit malphysiologic epilepsypicking uppinchplaying godpossessionpower grabprehensionprickprurituspsychic epilepsypsychokinesiapsychomotor epilepsypurchaserageraperashreflex epilepsyrheumrolandic epilepsyrotatoriarunning insclerosisseizingseizure of powersensory epilepsysequestrationserial epilepsysexual climaxsharp painshockshootshootingshooting painsiegeskin eruptionsnatchsnatchingsneezingsorespasmspellstabstabbing painstitchstoppagestormstroke of apoplexysuccessiontabestachycardiataketakingtaking intaking into custodytaking overtardy epilepsytempesttetanustetanythrillthroesthromboembolismthrombosistight griptoeholdtonic epilepsytonic spasmtormentornadotorsion spasmtraumatic epilepsytrespasstrespassingtrismustumorturntweaktwingetwitchucinate epilepsyupheavalupset stomachusurpationvertigovisitationvomitingwastingwhirlwindwrench
Noun(2 words)
ictusraptus
Verb(1 words)
seize

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Translations

130 translations across 43 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἁρπαγή noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բռնագրավում noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • բռնազավթում noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • müsadirə noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • qıcolma noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • tutma noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • zəbt noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • конфискация noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • припадък noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Catalan

2 entries
  • apropiació noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • atac noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • خوو noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 佔用 /占用 noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • 奪取 /夺取 noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • 沒收 /没收 noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • 發作 /发作 noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Czech

1 entries
  • záchvat noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Danish

3 entries
  • anfald noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • anfald noun (sudden onset of pain or emotion)
  • beslaglæggelse noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kohtaus noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • kohtaus noun (sudden onset of pain or emotion)
  • pidätys noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

French

4 entries
  • attaque noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • attaque noun (sudden onset of pain or emotion)
  • crise noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • saisie noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ამოღება noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • დაყადაღება noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • კონფისკაცია noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • მიტაცება noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

German

3 entries
  • Anfall noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • Anfall noun (sudden onset of pain or emotion)
  • Beschlagnahme noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הֶתְקֵף noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अधिग्रहण noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • दौरा noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bevétel noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • birtokba vétel noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • elfoglalás noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • elkobzott holmi/áru/tárgy/dolog noun (that which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • flog noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • krampaflog noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • kejang noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • kejang-kejang noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • penyitaan noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

Irish

4 entries
  • forghabháil noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • gabhlán noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • gabháil noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • glacadh noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

Italian

1 entries
  • convulsioni noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 奪取 noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • 急病 noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • 発作 noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • 発病 noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ប្រឆ្ងិត noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • ស្កន្ទ noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • អបមារ noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • អបមារ noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • конвулзија noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Māori

2 entries
  • hukihuki noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • hūkeke noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Navajo

2 entries
  • ashchʼąh noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • iichʼąh noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • inndragning noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • krampe noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • anfall noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • smerteanfall noun (sudden onset of pain or emotion)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • anfall noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • smerteåtak noun (sudden onset of pain or emotion)

Persian

2 entries
  • تشنج noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • مصادره noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Aunfaul noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • Aunfaul noun (sudden onset of pain or emotion)

Polish

1 entries
  • napad noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • apreensão noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • apropriação noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • ataque noun (sudden onset of pain or emotion)
  • convulsão noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Romanian

1 entries
  • confiscare noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

Russian

4 entries
  • взя́тие noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • взя́тие си́лой noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • захва́т noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • при́ступ noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • glacadh noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • konvulzije noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • konvulzivna ataka noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • konvulzivni napad noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Spanish

4 entries
  • apropiación noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • ataque convulsivo noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • ataque convulso noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • chiripiolca noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kifafa noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Swedish

1 entries
  • anfall noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pagsamsam noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ele geçirme noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • gasp noun (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law)
  • kriz noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • kriz noun (sudden onset of pain or emotion)

Urdu

1 entries
  • دورہ noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cơn động kinh noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)
  • giật kinh phong noun (sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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The ownership of women begins in the lower barbarian stages of culture, apparently with the seizure of female captives. The original reason for the seizure and appropriation of women seems to have been their usefulness as trophies.

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Tom knows what to do when Mary has an epileptic seizure.

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I had a seizure.

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Mary's sparring partner had a seizure.

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