seizing
Example Sentences
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It reinforces the 81-year-old's claim that he still commands the support of the overwhelming majority of Ugandans, after seizing power as a rebel commander in 1986 ending the rule of the Milton Obote regime.
From BBC
It depicts William the Conqueror becoming the first Norman king of England by seizing the English throne from Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings.
From BBC
He has consistently offered to buy it off - an offer rejected by Denmark and Greenland - whilst mooting the possibility of seizing it by force.
From BBC
U.S. forces boarded a sixth oil tanker on Thursday morning, according to people familiar with the matter, after seizing a fifth tanker in waters near Venezuela late last week.
The journalist, Hannah Natanson, was in her Virginia home when the FBI executed the search warrant seizing her phone, personal and Washington Post laptops and a smart watch.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
