"seize" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

seize verbo

seize + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 76
seize power • seize control • seize property • seize land • seize one's arm • seize one's hand • seize one's assets • seize weapons • ...
verbo + seize
Kolokacji: 4
try to seize • attempt to seize • begin seizing • sent to seize
seize + preposición
Kolokacji: 31
seize upon • seize up • seize by • seize on • seized during • ...
seize + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 22
immediately seize • quickly seize • suddenly seized • illegally seized • later seize • ...
(1) immediately, instantly
Kolokacji: 2
(2) quickly, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2
(3) illegally, unlawfully
Kolokacji: 2
1. later seize = później chwyć later seize
2. eagerly seize = z zapałem chwyć eagerly seize
3. simply seize = po prostu chwyć simply seize
6. successfully seize = z powodzeniem chwyć successfully seize
  • Samuha was, however, temporarily seized by forces from the country of Azzi.
  • That's a lot of mistakes, they argue, unless the secretary's foot was temporarily seized by palsy.
  • Ms. Brunner's office temporarily seized control of that county's board of elections.
  • He said they had been interrogated, their passports seized temporarily and their film confiscated.
  • Early in the relay one demonstrator managed to temporarily seize the torch, and another attacked it with a fire extinguisher.
  • The Church was raided and temporarily seized by Fatah police in February 2007.
  • Once war broke out, the American strategy was to temporarily seize Canada as a means of forcing concessions from the British Empire.
  • The vehicle was temporarily seized.
  • A lessor temporarily seized one of Azteca's planes in February 2007 in the United States.
  • In 1585, the Ottoman admiral Murat Reis temporarily seized Lanzarote.
8. improperly seized = niestosownie chwycony improperly seized
9. effectively seize = skutecznie chwyć effectively seize
10. gleefully seize = radośnie chwytać gleefully seize
11. seized earlier = chwycony wcześniej seized earlier
12. allegedly seize = rzekomo chwyć allegedly seize
13. violently seize = silnie chwytać violently seize
14. momentarily seize = przez moment chwyć momentarily seize
(5) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2

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