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Verb seize has 8 senses
- seize, prehend, clutch - take hold of; grab; "The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
--1 is one way to take, get hold of
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- seize - take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"
--2 is one way to take, get hold of
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- appropriate, capture, seize, conquer - take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
--3 is one way to assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize - take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
--4 is one way to take
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Somebody ----s something
- assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate - seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
--5 is one way to take
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Somebody ----s something
- seize - hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"
--6 is one way to hook
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- seize, clutch, get hold of - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
--7 is one way to overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
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Something ----s somebody
- grab, seize - capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
--8 is one way to intrigue, fascinate
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Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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