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seized

[seezd]

adjective

  1. taken hold, possession, or control of, as by force or legal authority; confiscated, captured, or appropriated.

    Police say the seized property includes knives, computer equipment, a balaclava, and military clothing.

    Settlers were observed planting olive trees on illegally seized land.

  2. (of an opportunity) taken advantage of promptly.

    Everything that Mom and I had accomplished was rooted firmly in the soil of hard work and seized opportunities.

  3. (of moving parts) locked or jammed, as from excessive friction (often followed byup ).

    I gladly pay top dollar for lubricants and fluids, because I know it's far more expensive to have to rebuild a seized engine!

  4. having ceased to function; having come to a halt (often followed byup ).

    Businesses need to access credit lines to function, but now the credit market is totally seized up.

  5. fully understood; mentally grasped.

    People who need cognitive closure will absorb a statement early in the process of acquiring knowledge, "freeze" on that seized idea, and resist further information.

  6. (of melted chocolate) grainy and clumpy from overheating or from contact with a small amount of moisture.

    To reverse the reaction, add more liquid, but just enough to dissolve most of the sugar and cocoa particles in the seized chocolate clumps.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of seize.

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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • unseized adjective
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Most of us understood the implicit terms of such an agreement: Putin would settle for the land he had illegally seized and controlled, and Ukraine would essentially surrender.

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The deputy said he wasn’t able to, and detectives from the Sheriff’s Department’s Internal Criminal Investigations Bureau, who had been tailing Meiser throughout the day, seized the heroin from the patrol car.

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Thirteen people were detained during armed raids around Bucharest, and luxury cars and piles of cash were seized.

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Electronic devices were also seized by the police.

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They have now sunk four ships, seized a fifth, and killed at least seven crew members.

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