Definition: capture the attention or imagination of
Usage: This story will grab you; The movie seized my imagination
Main entry: seize, get hold of, clutch
Definition: affect
Usage: Fear seized the prisoners; The patient was seized with unbearable pains; He was seized with a dreadful disease
Main entry: prehend, seize, clutch
Definition: take hold of; grab
Usage: The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter; She clutched her purse; The mother seized her child by the arm; Birds of prey often seize small mammals
Main entry: seize
Definition: take or capture by force
Usage: The terrorists seized the politicians; The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages
Main entry: seize
Definition: hook by a pull on the line
Usage: strike a fish
Main entry: capture, seize, conquer, appropriate
Definition: take possession of by force, as after an invasion
Usage: the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants; The army seized the town; The militia captured the castle
Main entry: seize, sequester, attach, impound, confiscate
Definition: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
Usage: The FBI seized the drugs; The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment; The police confiscated the stolen artwork
Main entry: take over, seize, usurp, assume, arrogate
Definition: seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
Usage: He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town; he usurped my rights; She seized control of the throne after her husband died