seizurenoun
uk/ˈsiː.ʒər/us/ˈsiː.ʒɚ/seizure noun (TAKING)
[ C or U ] the action of taking something by force or with legal authority:
seizure of power/property/control
Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30 percent this year.
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- confiscate
- cream sth/sb off
- de-
- debug
- denude
- drain
- impound
- infringe on/upon sth
- knock
- knock sth out of sb
- nab
- relieve
- shelf
- strip sb of sth
- suck
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep
- take sth out
- tow
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seizure noun (MEDICAL)
[ C ] a very sudden attack of an illness in which someone becomes unconscious or develops violent movements:
an epileptic seizure
[ C ] old use a sudden failure of the heart:
His aunt died of a seizure.
figurative humorous When I told her how much it cost she nearly had a seizure (= she was very shocked).
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Disease & illness - general words
- abnormality
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- bout
- CFS
- CGD
- complaint
- dose
- dreaded lurgy
- endemic
- lay
- life-threatening
- lurgy
- morbidity
- pandemic
- pinkeye
- strangulated
- syndrome
- wasting disease
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Disorders & diseases of the heart & blood