Seizure

/ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "seizure" (373 found)

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Noun(12 words)

capture abducting apprehending apprehensions appropriating arresting attachments captures capturing catches catchings claiming

abdominal epilepsyabduction abscess access accessionacquired epilepsyactivated epilepsyacute painadoptionaffect epilepsyagueakinetic epilepsyamok anemia ankylosis annexation anointing anointment anoxia apnea

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apoplexy appointment apprehension appropriation arrest arrestation arrestment arrogation asphyxiation assignment assumption asthma ataxia atrophy attack authorizationautonomic epilepsybackache bagbear hugbite blaze bleeding blennorhea blockade blockage bootyboring painbreakdown burst bust cachexia cachexy capturecardiac epilepsycatch catchingcharley horsechill chills clamp clasp clench

Strong matches (112)

clinch cling clingingclonic spasmclonus clutch colic collaring commandeering confiscation consecration constipation convulsion coronationcortical epilepsycoughing coup cramp cramps crick

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cursive epilepsycyanosis cyclonedarting paindeath gripdelegation deputation diarrheadiurnal epilepsydizziness dragnet dropsy dysentery dyspepsia dyspnea eclampsia edema election emaciation embrace empowerment encroachment epilepsiaepilepsia graviorepilepsia majorepilepsia minorepilepsia mitiorepilepsia nutansepilepsia tardaepilepsy epitasis eruption explosion fainting fallfalling sicknessfatigue fever fibrillationfirm holdfitflare upflare-up fluxfocal epilepsyfoothold footingforcible seizurefrenzyfulgurant painfuror fury galegirdle paingnawing grab grabbinggrand malgrapple grasp grip gripe griping growth gust haulhaute mal

Noun(24 words)

condemnations confiscating confiscation confiscations convulsing convulsion coup dispossession distraintepileptic seizureexpropriation expropriations fitfit the contextfits foreclosing foreclosure forfeit forfeiting forfeiture

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gain controlgaining controlgarnishing grabs

Adjective(1 words)

forcible removal

Related words (186)

hemorrhagehigh blood pressurehitch hold hug hurricane hydrops hypertension hypotensionhysterical epilepsyicterus ictus impounding indigestion inflammation infringement insomnia invasioniron gripirruption

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itchingjacksonian epilepsyjaundicejumping painkidnapping kinklabored breathinglancinating painlarval epilepsylaryngeal epilepsylaryngospasmlatent epilepsylegitimate successionlockjaw lootlow blood pressurelumbago marasmusmatutinal epilepsymenstrual epilepsymurderous insanitymusicogenic epilepsymyoclonous epilepsynabbingnasal dischargenausea necrosis netting nipnocturnal epilepsyocclusion occupation orgasm outbreak outburst pain pang paralysis paroxysm passionpetit malphysiologic epilepsypicking uppinchplaying godpossessionpower grabprehension prick prurituspsychic epilepsypsychokinesiapsychomotor epilepsypurchase rage rape rashreflex epilepsyrheumrolandic epilepsyrotatoriarunning insclerosis seizingseizure of powersensory epilepsysequestrationserial epilepsysexual climaxsharp painshock shoot shootingshooting painsiegeskin eruptionsnatch snatching sneezing sore spasm spell stabstabbing painstitch stoppage storm stroke succession tabes tachycardia take takingtaking intaking into custodytaking overtardy epilepsytempest tetanus tetany thrill throes thromboembolism thrombosistight griptoeholdtonic epilepsytonic spasmtormen tornadotorsion spasmtraumatic epilepsytrespass trespassing trismus tumor turn tweak twinge twitchucinate epilepsyupheavalupset stomachusurpation vertigo visitation vomiting wasting whirlwind wrench

Noun(32 words)

highjack highjacking highjacks hijack hijacking hijackings ictus impound intercept intercepting interception interceptions kidnaping kidnappings overruns paroxysmphone banningpouncing raid raptus

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repossession repossessions sequestration sequestrations snatches spiriting takedown takeover takeovers takingsthis belongs herewresting

Verb(4 words)

kidnap kidnapstake overwrests

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More general

8 entries

acquiring appropriation attack felony gettinglegal actionneurological eventpolitical action

More specific

8 entries

absence seizureasset seizurecoup foreclosure impoundmentmyoclonic seizuretakeovertonic-clonic seizure

Collocations

6 entries

absence seizureasset seizureepileptic seizurepolice seizureseizure disordertonic-clonic seizure

Inflections

1 entries

seizures

Derivations

2 entries

seizable seize

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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