Seizure

Noun

 * 1) The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
 * The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.
 * 1) *1874,, Chapter VII
 * As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away
 * 1) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
 * He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epilectic seizure occurred.
 * 1) A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
 * He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.

Adjectives for Seizure
prolonged; epileptic; impending; arbitrary; convulsive; permanent; abrupt; peremptory; illegal; unwarranted.

Thesaurus
Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, abduction, abscess, access, accession, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, acute pain, adoption, affect epilepsy, ague, akinetic epilepsy, amok, anemia, ankylosis, annexation, anointing, anointment, anoxia, apnea, apoplexy, appointment, apprehension, appropriation, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, arrogation, asphyxiation, assignment, assumption, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, attack, authorization, autonomic epilepsy, backache, bag, bear hug, bite, blaze, bleeding, blennorhea, blockage, booty, boring pain, breakdown, burst, bust, cachexia, cachexy, capture, cardiac epilepsy, catch, catching, charley horse, chill, chills, clench, clinch, cling, clinging, clonic spasm, clonus, clutch, colic, collaring, commandeering, confiscation, consecration, constipation, convulsion, coronation, cortical epilepsy, coughing, coup, cramp, cramps, crick, cursive epilepsy, cyanosis, cyclone, darting pain, death grip, delegation, deputation, diarrhea, diurnal epilepsy, dizziness, dragnet, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, eclampsia, edema, election, emaciation, embrace, empowerment, encroachment, epilepsia, epilepsia gravior, epilepsia major, epilepsia minor, epilepsia mitior, epilepsia nutans, epilepsia tarda, epilepsy, epitasis, eruption, explosion, fainting, falling sickness, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, firm hold, fit, flare-up, flux, focal epilepsy, foothold, footing, forcible seizure, frenzy, fulgurant pain, furor, fury, gale, girdle pain, gnawing, grab, grabbing, grand mal, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, growth, gust, haul, haute mal, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hitch, hold, hug, hurricane, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, hysterical epilepsy, icterus, ictus, impounding, indigestion, inflammation, infringement, insomnia, invasion, iron grip, irruption, itching, jaundice, jumping pain, kidnapping, kink, labored breathing, lancinating pain, larval epilepsy, laryngeal epilepsy, laryngospasm, latent epilepsy, legitimate succession, lockjaw, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, matutinal epilepsy, menstrual epilepsy, murderous insanity, musicogenic epilepsy, myoclonous epilepsy, nabbing, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, netting, nip, nocturnal epilepsy, occlusion, orgasm, outbreak, outburst, pain, pang, paralysis, paroxysm, petit mal, physiologic epilepsy, picking up, pinch, playing God, possession, power grab, prehension, prick, pruritus, psychic epilepsy, psychokinesia, psychomotor epilepsy, purchase, rage, rash, reflex epilepsy, rheum, rotatoria, running in, sclerosis, seizing, seizure of power, sensory epilepsy, sequestration, serial epilepsy, sexual climax, sharp pain, shock, shoot, shooting, shooting pain, skin eruption, snatch, snatching, sneezing, sore, spasm, spell, stab, stabbing pain, stitch, stoppage, storm, stroke, succession, tabes, tachycardia, take, taking, taking in, taking into custody, taking over, tardy epilepsy, tempest, tetanus, tetany, thrill, throes, thromboembolism, thrombosis, tight grip, toehold, tonic epilepsy, tonic spasm, tormen, tornado, torsion spasm, traumatic epilepsy, trespass, trespassing, trismus, tumor, turn, tweak, twinge, twitch, ucinate epilepsy, upheaval, upset stomach, usurpation, vertigo, visitation, vomiting, wasting, whirlwind, wrench

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