seizure

seizure
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. confiscation, appropriation, arrest, capture; attack, fit, spell, stroke. See acquisition, disease, restraint.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Capture]
Syn. seizing, taking, apprehending; see capture .
2. [A spasm]
Syn. spell, convulsion, breakdown; see fit 1 , illness 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. apprehension arrest, capture, confiscation, commandeering, impounding, appropriation, kidnapping, hijacking.
2. convulsion fit, attack, throe, paroxysm, epileptic episode, stroke.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act of catching, especially a sudden taking and holding: catch, clutch1, grab, snatch. See GET. 2. The act of taking something for oneself: appropriation, arrogation, assumption, preemption, usurpation. See GIVE. 3. A seizing and holding by law: apprehension, arrest. Slang: bust, collar, pickup, pinch. See LAW. 4. The act of taking quick and forcible possession of: confiscation, expropriation. See GIVE. 5. A sudden and often acute manifestation of a disease: access, attack, fit2. Informal: spell3. See HEALTH.

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