English English Dictionary
- a sudden attack of spasm as an epilepsy or other disorders in English:
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seizure
Tom knows what to do when Mary has an epileptic seizure.
My daughter got worse and she had a seizure.
... his first grand mal seizure at Disneyland.
The ownership of women begins in the lower barbarian stages of culture, apparently with the seizure of female captives. The original reason for the seizure and appropriation of women seems to have been their usefulness as trophies.
