Synonyms: 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
Similar words: sweep over, overtake, overwhelm, overcome, overpower, whelm
Definition: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Synonyms: reach, contact, get hold of, get through
Definition: be in or establish communication with
Usage: Our advertisements reach millions; He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
Similar words: communicate, intercommunicate
Definition: transmit thoughts or feelings
Usage: He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist