seizure
Uncontrolled brain storm
Seizure is the act of taking something by force or legal authority: the seizure of contraband at the border, asset seizure.
In medicine, a seizure is a sudden episode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain, causing involuntary movements, altered consciousness, or convulsions: She had a seizure and collapsed.
The word implies something sudden and forceful—whether police seizing property or the body seizing up.
Brain disorder causing seizures
- convulsionSudden involuntary muscle contractions
- tonic-clonicSeizure with rigidity and convulsions
- focalOf a central point
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
postictal · spasm · tremor · fit · twitching · jerking · shaking · myoclonus
Loss due to breach
- impoundmentOfficial seizure or detention
- repossessionCreditor seizing collateral
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
sequestration · attachment · distraint · levy · confiscation · requisition · commandeering · dispossession
Abrupt seizure of power
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- invasionForcible entry into territory
usurpation · overthrow · capture · power grab · hostile takeover · subjugation · incursion · domination
Sharp and unexpected
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
- sudden onsetRapid unexpected beginning
- attackAggressive act against another
- episodeSerialized content unit
paroxysm · spell · outburst · spontaneous · unprovoked · warning signs · collapse
Temporary loss of consciousness
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- encephalopathyDisease impairing brain function
- febrileHaving a fever
- neonatalOf earliest infancy
hypoglycemic · anoxic · psychogenic · neurology · diagnosis · brain · electrodes · monitoring
Formal authorization document
- arrestSeize by law
- searchAct of seeking
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
prosecution · indictment · defendant · probable cause · due process · Fourth Amendment · detention · custody
epilepsy
Brain disorder causing seizures
- convulsionSudden involuntary muscle contractions
- tonic-clonicSeizure with rigidity and convulsions
- focalOf a central point
aura · postictal · spasm · tremor · fit · twitching · jerking · shaking · myoclonus · clonus
forfeiture
Loss due to breach
- impoundmentOfficial seizure or detention
- repossessionCreditor seizing collateral
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
appropriation · sequestration · attachment · distraint · levy · confiscation · requisition · commandeering · dispossession · nationalization
coup
Abrupt seizure of power
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
invasion · usurpation · overthrow · capture · power grab · hostile takeover · subjugation · incursion · domination · colonization
abrupt
Sharp and unexpected
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
- sudden onsetRapid unexpected beginning
- attackAggressive act against another
episode · paroxysm · spell · outburst · spontaneous · unprovoked · warning signs · collapse
syncope
Temporary loss of consciousness
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- encephalopathyDisease impairing brain function
- febrileHaving a fever
neonatal · hypoglycemic · anoxic · psychogenic · neurology · diagnosis · brain · electrodes · monitoring · intractable
warrant
Formal authorization document
contraband · prosecution · indictment · defendant · probable cause · due process · Fourth Amendment · detention · custody · law enforcement
- pet healthvet visit, checkup, checkups, vaccinations, rabies vaccination
- impairmentsimpairment, disability, paralysis, incapacity, blindness
- sudden eventsexplosion, earthquake, lightning strike, tornado, heart attack
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
- disabilitydisability rights, disability culture, disability activism, disability services, disability identity
- medical termsdiagnosis, disorder, surgery, disease, illness
seizurerelease
To let go
discharge · return · restitution · liberation · restoration
- search and seizureExamining and confiscating property
- land seizureForcible taking of territory
- epileptic seizureNeurological convulsive episode
- seizure disorderRecurring abnormal brain activity
- drug seizureConfiscation of illegal substances
- grand mal seizureConvulsive episode with unconsciousness