Dictionary Definition
seizure
Noun
1 a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a
disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" [syn: ictus, raptus]
2 the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of
property [syn: capture,
gaining
control]
3 the act of taking of a person by force [syn:
capture]
4 the taking possession of something by legal
process
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iːʒə(r)
Etymology
Noun
- The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
- The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.
- A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
- He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epilectic seizure occurred.
- A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
- He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.
Translations
act of taking possession, as by force or right
of law
- German: Beschlagnahme
sudden attack or convulsion
sudden onset of pain or emotion
- German: Anfall
Extensive Definition
Seizure may refer to:
Medical term
A seizure, also known as a convulsion or fit, is a sudden loss of consciousness, a change in one's state of consciousness, or loss of control over one's body.Legal Term
Seizure is the legal removal of property.- Search
and seizure
- Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure, in military
- The Steel Seizure case
Telecommunications
In telecommunications, a seizure is an attempted call, as in Answer/Seizure ratioOther
- Seizure (film), a 1974 Oliver Stone film
- Seizure (novel), a 2003 Robin Cook novel
- Seizure (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode), a first season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Beautiful Seizure, an album by Volcano!
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal
epilepsy, abduction,
abscess, access, accession, acquired epilepsy,
activated epilepsy, acute pain, adoption, affect epilepsy,
ague, akinetic epilepsy,
amok, anemia, ankylosis, annexation, anointing, anointment, anoxia, apnea, apoplexy, appointment, apprehension, appropriation, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, arrogation, asphyxiation, assignment, assumption, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, attack, authorization, autonomic
epilepsy, backache,
bag, bear hug, bite, blaze, bleeding, blennorhea, blockage, booty, boring pain, breakdown, burst, bust, cachexia, cachexy, capture, cardiac epilepsy,
catch, catching, charley horse,
chill, chills, clench, clinch, cling, clinging, clonic spasm,
clonus, clutch, colic, collaring, commandeering, confiscation, consecration, constipation, convulsion, coronation, cortical
epilepsy, coughing,
coup, cramp, cramps, crick, cursive epilepsy, cyanosis, cyclone, darting pain, death
grip, delegation,
deputation, diarrhea, diurnal epilepsy,
dizziness, dragnet, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, eclampsia, edema, election, emaciation, embrace, empowerment, encroachment, epilepsia, epilepsia gravior,
epilepsia major, epilepsia minor, epilepsia mitior, epilepsia
nutans, epilepsia tarda, epilepsy, epitasis, eruption, explosion, fainting, falling sickness,
fatigue, fever, fibrillation, firm hold,
fit, flare-up, flux, focal epilepsy, foothold, footing, forcible seizure,
frenzy, fulgurant pain,
furor, fury, gale, girdle pain, gnawing, grab, grabbing, grand mal, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, growth, gust, haul, haute mal, hemorrhage, high blood
pressure, hitch, hold, hug, hurricane, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, hysterical
epilepsy, icterus,
ictus, impounding, indigestion, inflammation, infringement, insomnia, invasion, iron grip, irruption, itching, jaundice, jumping pain,
kidnapping, kink, labored breathing,
lancinating pain, larval epilepsy, laryngeal epilepsy, laryngospasm, latent
epilepsy, legitimate succession, lockjaw, low blood pressure,
lumbago, marasmus, matutinal epilepsy,
menstrual epilepsy, murderous insanity, musicogenic epilepsy,
myoclonous epilepsy, nabbing, nasal discharge,
nausea, necrosis, netting, nip, nocturnal epilepsy, occlusion, orgasm, outbreak, outburst, pain, pang, paralysis, paroxysm, petit mal,
physiologic epilepsy, picking up, pinch, playing God, possession, power grab,
prehension, prick, pruritus, psychic epilepsy,
psychokinesia,
psychomotor epilepsy, purchase, rage, rash, reflex epilepsy, rheum, rotatoria, running in,
sclerosis, seizing, seizure of power,
sensory epilepsy, sequestration, serial
epilepsy, sexual climax, sharp pain, shock, shoot, shooting, shooting pain, skin
eruption, snatch,
snatching, sneezing, sore, spasm, spell, stab, stabbing pain, stitch, stoppage, storm, stroke, succession, tabes, tachycardia, take, taking, taking in, taking into
custody, taking over, tardy epilepsy, tempest, tetanus, tetany, thrill, throes, thromboembolism,
thrombosis, tight
grip, toehold, tonic
epilepsy, tonic spasm, tormen, tornado, torsion spasm,
traumatic epilepsy, trespass, trespassing, trismus, tumor, turn, tweak, twinge, twitch, ucinate epilepsy,
upheaval, upset
stomach, usurpation,
vertigo, visitation, vomiting, wasting, whirlwind, wrench