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seizure
  1. The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
  2. A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
  3. A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
  4. (obsolete) retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership
  5. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Sam's driver's license was suspended for three years in 2001 when he suffered a seizure and hit a lamp post.”
      “No documentation was given to me setting out the grounds for the search and seizure of my property which then followed.”
      “The officers' seizure of the child from the caregiver's home without a warrant or probable cause violated the child's Fourth Amendment rights.”
seizing
seizor
  1. (law) One who seizes or takes possession.
seizer
  1. One who seizes.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Bob's first care was to look after seizer, who was badly wounded, but whose bones were whole.”
      “When Kakiarniut first heard her sister saying that I was having a seizer, she got very scared.”
      “In a similar manner, Hanumant delivers from her curse the ogress of the lake, the seizer and devourer, who was once a nymph.”
seizings
seizures
  1. plural of seizure
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Occasionally, mild clonic seizures occur, but a seizure work-up is not indicated unless other signs point in this direction.”
      “Fortunately, she elected to remain in hospital as she and her unborn baby were both suffering seizures from addiction withdrawal.”
      “Born prematurely, they suffered from febrile seizures as toddlers, a condition which left them weaklings.”
seizers
seizors
  1. plural of seizor
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