seizure

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
  2. noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
  3. noun the act of taking of a person by force

Etymology

From seize + -ure.

In classic literature

Synonyms

ictus, raptus

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