Definition of Seizure

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Seizure

The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.

That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.

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Seizure Quotations

What is this? It's music to get a brain seizure by.
Ozzy Osbourne

I was in Tower Records in San Francisco a few weeks ago, buying some cassettes, and a couple of people recognized me and ran up with albums, and I just wanted to cover my face and have a seizure or something. I want people to just go away.
Christine McVie

The British seizure of Hongkong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the British Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium.
Robert Trout

Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business rather than ON your business.
Michael Gerber

I had my first seizure, and I had to go in for heart surgery.
Carre Otis

Seizure Translations

seizure in French is saisie
seizure in Latin is ereptio, creptio
seizure in Spanish is captura
seizure in Swedish is gripande, attack, anfall

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