Scrabble and Words with Friends

• SEIZE is a valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• SEIZE is a valid Words with Friends word worth 14 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• SEIZE is a 5 letter word containing the letters e, e, i, s, z.

Definitions

• seize

  verb take hold of; grab
  The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter
  The mother seized her child by the arm
  Birds of prey often seize small mammals

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• seize

  verb take or capture by force
  The terrorists seized the politicians
  The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages

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• seize

  verb take possession of by force, as after an invasion
  the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
  The army seized the town

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• seize

  verb take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
  The FBI seized the drugs

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• seize

  verb seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
  She seized control of the throne after her husband died

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• seize

  verb hook by a pull on the line

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• seize

  verb affect
  Fear seized the prisoners
  The patient was seized with unbearable pains
  He was seized with a dreadful disease

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• seize

  verb capture the attention or imagination of
  The movie seized my imagination

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• Lookup SEIZE using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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Words that sound like 'seize'

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