What is the meaning of the word "seize"?
Definitions:
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affect
verb
- Fear seized the prisoners
- Fear seized the prisoners
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take or capture by force
verb
- The terrorists seized the politicians
- The terrorists seized the politicians
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take possession of by force, as after an invasion
verb
- the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
- the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
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take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
verb
- The FBI seized the drugs
- The FBI seized the drugs