sei·zure (s  zh r)n. 1. The act or an instance of seizing or the condition of being seized. 2. A sudden attack, spasm, or convulsion, as in epilepsy or another disorder. 3. A sudden onset or sensation of feeling or emotion. |
seizure [ˈsiːʒə]
n
1. the act or an instance of seizing or the state of being seized
2. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a sudden manifestation or recurrence of a disease, such as an epileptic convulsion
| seizure (szhr) A sudden episode of transient neurologic symptoms such as involuntary muscle movements, sensory disturbances and altered consciousness. A seizure is caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain, which is often diagnosed on an electroencephalogram. See also epilepsy. |
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| Noun | 1. |  seizure - a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure"attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" convulsion - violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles focal seizure - transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity raptus hemorrhagicus - seizure caused by a sudden profuse hemorrhage absence seizure, absence - the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy |
| 2. |  seizure - the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of propertyacquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving" usurpation - wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation" arrest, taking into custody, apprehension, pinch, collar, catch - the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" enslavement - the act of making slaves of your captives | |
| 3. | seizure - the act of taking of a person by force felony - a serious crime (such as murder or arson) abduction - the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife kidnapping, snatch - (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment | |
| 4. | seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process appropriation - a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest" arrogation, confiscation - seizure by the government distraint, distress - the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien" impounding, impoundment, internment, poundage - placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law impress, impressment - the act of coercing someone into government service recapture - a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount |
seizure
noun
1. attack, fit, spasm, convulsion, paroxysm I was prescribed drugs to control seizures.
2. taking, grabbing, annexation, confiscation, commandeering the seizure of territory through force
3. capture, arrest, apprehension, abduction a mass seizure of hostages
4. confiscation, taking away, appropriation, commandeering, sequestration one of the biggest seizures of heroin ever
Translations
seizure [ˈsiːʒəʳ] N
seizure
n
(= confiscation) → Beschlagnahmung f; (of passport) → Einzug m; (of ship) → Beschlagnahme f; (by pirates) → Kapern nt; (= capture) → Einnahme f; (of train, building) → Besetzung f
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