verb
take hold of; grab
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The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter
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She clutched her purse
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The mother seized her child by the arm
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Birds of prey often seize small mammals
• Hypernyms: ↑take, ↑get hold of
• Hyponyms:
↑nab, ↑rack, ↑claw, ↑collar, ↑nail, ↑apprehend, ↑arrest, ↑pick up, ↑cop, ↑get, ↑catch, ↑capture, ↑clasp, ↑grip, ↑grab, ↑take hold of, ↑snatch, ↑snatch up, ↑snap, ↑clench, ↑clinch, ↑grapple
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.