单词 | seizure |
释义 | seizure (once / 1243 pages) n A seizure is the act of taking by legal process or force, such as the seizure of evidence found at the scene of a crime. A seizure is the act of seizing — a forceful action in which an object or person is suddenly taken over, grabbed, removed, or overwhelmed. It's not something you want to happen. Criminals may think the seizure of a wealthy person can bring them a fortune in ransom money. Another kind of seizure is the kind caused by a misfire of electrons in the brain, causing a loss of control of the body. It too is an unwanted taking over by force. WORD FAMILYseizure: seizures+/seize: seized, seizer, seizes, seizing, seizure/seizer: seizers/seizing: seizings USAGE EXAMPLESThe former is prescribed for the painful muscle spasms that occur in multiple sclerosis, while the latter is aimed at childhood seizures. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) His seizures became more severe, and he underwent a tracheotomy to help him breathe. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Johnson pointed to gun arrests and gun seizures as evidence that his officers are aggressively fighting crime. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the taking possession of something by legal process Hypo|Hyper arrogation, confiscation seizure by the government distraint, distressthe seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim impounding, impoundment, internment, poundageplacing private property in the custody of an officer of the law impress, impressmentthe act of coercing someone into government service recapturea legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount expropriationtaking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority) drug bust, drugs bustseizure of illegal drugs by the police appropriation a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner 2n the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper capture, gaining control Norman Conquest the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066) usurpation wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority) apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custodythe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) conquering, conquest, subjection, subjugationthe act of conquering enslavementthe act of making slaves of your captives acquiring, getting the act of acquiring something 3n the act of taking of a person by force Syn|Hypo|Hyper capture 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 felony a serious crime (such as murder or arson) 4n a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease he suffered an epileptic seizure Syn|Hypo|Hyper ictus, raptus convulsion violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles focal seizuretransitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity raptus hemorrhagicusseizure caused by a sudden profuse hemorrhage absence, absence seizurethe 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 clonusconvulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations epileptic seizureconvulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness complex absencean absence seizure accompanied by other abnormalities (atonia or automatisms or vasomotor changes) pure absence, simple absencean absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes subclinical absencea transient impairment of cortical function demonstrable only by 3-per-second brainwave spikes attack a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition |
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