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seize has 15 distinct synonyms spread across 6 of its 8 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
take or capture by force
“The terrorists seized the politicians”
take possession of by force, as after an invasion
“the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants”
hook by a pull on the line
“strike a fish”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for seize come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.