All seizure synonyms

noun seizure

• appropriation — An appropriation is an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose.
• fright — sudden and extreme fear; a sudden terror.
• convalescence — Convalescence is the period or process of becoming healthy and well again after an illness or operation.
• hijack — to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey.
• interception — an act or instance of intercepting.
• divestment — the act of divesting.
• apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
• winnings — Plural form of winning.
• capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
• frothing — an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
• diseasedness — The state of being diseased; sickness.
• flip one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
• court martial — A court martial is a trial in a military court of a member of the armed forces who is charged with breaking a military law.
• illness — unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness.
• hysterics — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• onfall — A falling on or upon; an attack, onset, or assault.
• cross-examination — to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
• outstart — To start out or up.
• flus — influenza.
• annexation — the act of annexing, esp territory, or the condition of being annexed
• epilepsy — A neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
• abduction — the act of taking someone away by force or cunning; kidnapping
• blow one's cork — to lose one's temper; become enraged
• apoplexy — Apoplexy is a stroke.
• deprivation — If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
• habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
• convulsion — If someone has convulsions, they suffer uncontrollable movements of their muscles.
• blow one's top — to lose one's temper
• loot — spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
• confiscation — to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
• gainings — profits or earnings
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• blow a fuse — If you blow a fuse, you suddenly become very angry and are unable to stay calm.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• frenzy — extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement.
• counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
• expropriation — The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights.
• assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
• onset — a beginning or start: the onset of winter.
• flu — influenza.
• impeachment — the impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal.
• arrogation — to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions.
• wingding — a noisy, exciting celebration or party.
• kidnapping — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
• grab — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
• occupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
• monopolisation — Alternative spelling of monopolization.
• grabbing — Present participle of grab.
• commandeering — Present participle of commandeer.