seizure
/ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)//ˈsi.ʒɚ/
seizure noun: the act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
Noun
seizure (countable and uncountable, plural seizures)
- The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
- the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
- The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.
- Synonyms:
- taking
- Antonyms:
- abandonment, release
- The state of being seized or of having been taken.
- The continued seizure of the car is a violation of my rights.
- Antonyms:
- abandonment
- That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
- The seizure includes various belongings taken from his house and his office.
- A retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
- Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust, / And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)
- A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
- He felt the seizure of pain when the heart attack began.
- A sudden attack or convulsion; the physical manifestation of the abnormal electrical discharges in the brain characteristic of epilepsy.
- epileptic seizure
- I haven't had a seizure since I started that medication.
- An abnormal electrical discharge in the brain, as is typical of epilepsy.
Verb
seizure (third-person singular simple present seizures, present participle seizuring, simple past and past participle seizured)
- To experience an epileptic seizure.
- My doctor prescribed Namility. It made my vision blurry, I told him. He said keep taking it, it'll stop. Next day at work I seizured in the middle of an order.2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 9
- Synonyms:
- seize
seizure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
seizure in Hindi
- act of taking possession, as by force or right of law
- अधिग्रहण adhigrahaṇ
- sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize, convulsion
- दौरा daurā
seizure in Tamil
- கைப்பற்றுகை, பற்றுகை, பிடிப்பு, திடீர் நோய்த் தாக்கம், வலிப்புத்தாக்கம்
seizure in Marathi
- जप्ती
seizure in Urdu
- sudden attack or convulsion — see also seize, convulsion
- دورہ daurā
More languagesFewer languages
- seizure in Bengali
- জব্দ jobdo
- seizure in Telugu
- స్వాధీనం
- seizure in Malayalam
- കടന്നുപിടിക്കൽ, പിടിച്ചടക്കൽ, പിടുങ്ങൽ, കണ്ടെടുക്കൽ
- seizure in Kannada
- ಹಿಡಿತ, ಪಟ್ಟು, ಮುಟ್ಟುಗೋಲು, ಮುಟ್ಟುಗೋಳು
- seizure in Gujarati
- જપ્તી
- seizure in Nepali
- जप्ती
- seizure in Pashto
- غصب ǧasab
- seizure in Tagalog
- pagsamsam
- seizure in Indonesian
- penyitaan, kejang-kejang, kejang
- seizure in Persian
- مصادره mosâdere, تشنج tašanoj
- seizure in Vietnamese
- cơn động kinh, giật kinh phong
Examples of seizure in a sentence
- Seizures can be caused by exposure to certain poisons or toxins.
- The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VII, in For the Term of His Natural Life:
- He alone thought seriously of the seizure of power, and, what is more, he thought of nothing else.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon...
Synonyms of seizure
Antonyms
Forms of seizure
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | seizures |
| alternative form (obsolete) | seisure |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | seizures |
| present participle | seizuring |
| past participle | seizured |
| past | seizured |
Origin of seizure
From seize + -ure.
Words formed from seizure
Phrases with seizure
Words that rhyme with seizure
Questions about seizure
- What does seizure mean?
- Seizure means the act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
- What is seizure in Hindi?
- Seizure in Hindi is अधिग्रहण (adhigrahaṇ), दौरा (daurā). See Seizure meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use seizure in a sentence?
- Seizures can be caused by exposure to certain poisons or toxins.
- What part of speech is seizure?
- Seizure can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce seizure?
- Seizure is pronounced /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of seizure?
- The plural of seizure is seizures.
Words near seizure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seizure (page history and authors); seizure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seizure (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); জব্দ (Bengali) (page history and authors); seizure (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seizure (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seizure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seizure (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seizure (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); غصب (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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