seize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
take hold of; grab
The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- taking hold derivation
- clutch derivation
Sense 2 verb
take or capture by force
The terrorists seized the politicians
Types & categories
- get hold of hypernym
- raven hyponym
- wrest hyponym
- abduct hyponym
- hijack hyponym
Related & opposite
- seizure derivation
- shanghaier derivation
Sense 3 verb
take possession of by force, as after an invasion
the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- capture derivation
- conquest derivation
- appropriator derivation
- appropriative derivation
Sense 4 verb
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
The FBI seized the drugs
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- seizure derivation
- confiscation derivation
- impoundment derivation
- requisition derivation
- attachment derivation
- sequester verb group
Sense 5 verb
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- laying claim derivation
- usurpation derivation
- confiscation derivation
- coup derivation
- arrogator derivation
- usurper derivation
Sense 6 verb
hook by a pull on the line
strike a fish
Types & categories
- hook hypernym
Sense 7 verb
affect
Fear seized the prisoners
Types & categories
- overwhelm hypernym
Related & opposite
- clutch derivation
Sense 8 verb
capture the attention or imagination of
This story will grab you
Types & categories
- intrigue hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | taking hold |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clutch |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | get hold of |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | claw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arrest |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | capture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | collar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clasp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snatch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clench |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grapple |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | seizure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shanghaier |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | get hold of |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | raven |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | abduct |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hijack |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | capture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conquest |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appropriator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appropriative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | take over |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | seizure |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | confiscation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | impoundment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | requisition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | attachment |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | sequester |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | condemn |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | garnish |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | distrain |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | laying claim |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | usurpation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | confiscation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | coup |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | arrogator |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | usurper |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | annex |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | conquer |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | preoccupy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hijack |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | raid |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | hook |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | clutch |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | overwhelm |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | intrigue |